Koransha & Studio Wieki Somers
Studio Wieki Somers has collaborated with the Koransha pottery to create two tea sets that combine traditional crafts with advanced technology. The tea sets showcase the iconic ‘Koransha blue’ glaze and feature patterns inspired by an ancient decorative technique that employs metal stencils to create sprayed motifs on the surface. The studio adapted this technique and abstracted it - revealing the process in the pattern and thereby celebrating the craft.
The traditionally used metal stencils are replaced by functional parts of the products, for example the lid of the teapot and the handle of the cup. The forms that appeared during the process refer to one of Japan’s most iconic symbols: the moon.
