Onta Ware Spiral Small Plate - 3 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:B The softly layered bluish-grey background

The softly layered bluish-grey background is achieved through Nakamura’s signature furi technique

6 cm diameter (top)

Sugahara’s artisans work with sensitivity and attentiveness

7cm Height

offering an elevated

Onta Ware Spiral Small Plate - 3 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:B The softly layered bluish-grey backgroundTo reach the village of Onta ware, you travel into the mountains of Hita, Oita Prefecture. Before seeing the kilns, you hear them. The soft, rhythmic sound of karausu traditional water powered wooden mills echoes through the valley as they slowly crush the local clay. It is a sound that seems to belong to the landscape itself, and a sign that you have arrived in Sarayama, the small pottery village where Onta ware has been made for around 300 years.