Each sprig on the exterior of this porcelain bowl is press-moulded and carefully carved to achieve the fine details. The interior is filled with hand-built porcelain daisy flowers, and the exterior is carved with zenmai sprigs. After that, the piece is very slowly dried for around six months.
It was at high school in Japan, in the Gifu Prefecture – an area with strong ceramic connections – that Hitomi Hosono first encountered porcelain and ...