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Features
Brand
studio m'
Size
W34mm/ D30mm/ H12mm/
Material Number
material number1詳細
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Strong Color Shade Variations
Each piece has strong individual color shade variations. Affected by glazes and natural firing conditions such as changes in temperature, humidity and other climate elements and also how to receive the fire in the kiln chamber, each piece has own expression. It is really difficult to make the completed ware exactly same in color by firing and glazing even when the same materials are used. 100 pieces show 100 kinds of expressions, as it were.
Strong Color Irregularities
There are strong color irregularities of applying a glaze or slip, which are different from part to part in a piece of ware. For example, some parts are glazed thinly or thickly depending on the shape of the ware. That leads to part-to-part differences in appearance of the clay in a piece of ware.
Glaze or Slip Drips
The glaze or slip may look like dripping. There is unevenness of a glaze or slip when they are applied to ware by hand. There also appear glaze drips or slip drips, which are caused by the glaze or slip flows during firing.
Pinholes
Pinholes may be seen clearly on the surface. Pottery (earthenware) is mainly made from earth, and green ware contains a lot of air while biscuit firing. While glazed firing, this air inside the biscuit ware becomes air bubbles, which remain and look like small holes on the surface of the glazed part. Those small holes are called pinholes.
Crazing (Chaps)
Crazing (having chaps) may appear clearly on the glazed part. The “direct” crazing means having chaps originally. The “aging” crazing means having chaps over time as you use the tableware item. There is a difference between the shrinkage rate of the glaze and that of the clay, so crazing occurs. Note that those cracks do not come from the damage of tableware items. They might appear just before use, but it is no problem in terms of use. They appear on the surface of pottery (earthenware) and semi-porcelain.
Iron in Powder
Iron in powder may be seen clearly on the surface. Pottery (earthenware) is made from earth, which contains iron. After firing green ware, iron appears on the surface in the form of black dots. Red or black earthen clay contains much more iron, and as a result, not a little iron in powder may appear on the surface of tableware items made from this type of clay.
Microwave Safe
A microwave oven heats or cooks food very quickly using short electromagnetic waves, namely, microwaves. In most cases, the microwaves heat the water content of the food. However, in some cases, the microwaves concentrate on the carbonized (burnt) parts of the food, causing the temperature to rise higher than the other parts. For example, the microwaves concentrated on the carbonized (burnt) parts of stir-fried vegetables can create a large temperature difference in /on the tableware item, which may cause breakage. In addition to water content, oil content is also heated. The oil has a higher boiling point than the water, so it heats up at a higher temperature, creating a very large temperature difference between the parts that contain oil and the parts that do not, which can cause breakage.
・Never soak hot tableware in water or place it on the cold kitchen counter. Avoid rapidly heating frozen foods or putting [the cold tableware just taken out of the refrigerator] in the microwave. A rapid change in temperature will lead to “crazing” (chaps) or breakage.
※The products with gold or silver paintings, or applied with particular glazes are not microwave safe. We put a “Do Not Microwave” sticker on those items, so please confirm it.
※Accessories etc., made of other materials are excluded from microwave safe items.
Not Oven Safe
Dishwasher Safe
As for the products without the "Not Dishwasher Safe" stickers, please make sure to use them keeping the below matters in mind.
※If tableware items collide each other in the dishwasher, they will get broken.
※Most ceramic items absorb water. Even if the surface looks dry, there may still be some water in the tableware, which may cause your tableware to get moldy or smelly. So, please take it out of the dishwasher immediately after use, and dry thoroughly in a place where it can be exposed to the outside air.
Material
陶器(赤土)
小さくてころっとした大きさが、おはじきみたいでかわいらしい。
食卓に小さなお花を飾るように、さりげなく取り入れてほしい箸置きです。
箸置きは小さいけれどぱっと目がいき、コーディネートのアクセントになる大切な小物。
さあご飯を食べよう、と思った時に目に入る箸置きが洒落ているとなんだかうれしい。
1人でも家族や友人との食事の時にも、思わず使いたくなるような箸置きを目指して企画しました。
【企画のこだわり】
レリーフの凹凸パルテールに選んだ素材は赤い陶土。
その上に色のついた釉薬をかけると、釉薬がたまった部分と薄い部分の釉の濃淡が生まれ、そして縁などには赤土の影響で焦げ感が出ます。
この変化を生かしたデザインにしたいと考え、企画を進めていきました。
あまりにレリーフを細かくしては全て埋もれてしまうし、間が広すぎるとどこか寂しげ。
想像力をふくらませながら図面を書き上げました。
それを元に職人さんにつくってもらった原型がこちらです。
実ははじめは今とは少し違う、花びらのまわりに枠がある形をデザインしていました。
この原型を見た時にまず気になったのは、レリーフの凹凸が浅いこと。
写真だとわかりづらいですが、図面よりもだいぶ浅かったのです。
今回の箸置きの一番のポイントのレリーフ。
この深さでは釉薬に埋もれがちになってしまうかもしれません。
しかし型を使って生産していくことを考えると、これ以上深く彫り込むのは難しい。
原型をじっくりと眺めながら改善策を練りました。
考えた結果、外側にあった枠をとることに。
レリーフの深さはほとんど変わりませんが、枠がなくなることで前よりも花びらの形に目がいくようになります。
そして花びらと枠の間が釉薬が埋もれてしまう心配もありません。
結果的にこの修正をしたことで、花の形に沿ったやわらかく可愛らしい輪郭になり、
はじめにデザインしていた物よりもいいものになりました。
裏側には小さく「M’」のロゴが入っています。
【企画のこだわり】高さ
この箸置きの二つ目のこだわりは、箸置きの高さ。
パルテールは上からの大きさが小ぶりな分、しっかりと高さをつけました。
箸がすっと見え、手に取りやすいです。
【企画のこだわり】形の可愛らしさと素材の渋さ
モチーフはお花で可愛らしいのですが、素材は味のある陶器。
形と素材でバランスをとりました。
和食器だけでなく、2枚目の写真のようにカラフルな磁器素材の器やエスニックなメニューにもよく合います。
釉薬の濃淡や、赤土が生み出す変化。
一つひとつに違った味わいがあるパルテールの箸置き。
ぜひ食卓に取り入れて、コーディネートのアクセントにしてください。