KUWAI HANA

porcelainWhen I first held this large square plate, which was pure white and had a peculiar inorganic look, I could immediately imagine this absurdly smiling expression as you can see in the picture, along with the solid response. I remember that it must have been a furious appeal to me from this big square plate. However, do you know how many times I had to apply various special paints and harden them in order to make your wish come true?

I’d rather not dwell on it, but I must have gone through the process a total of 24 or 25 times. I endlessly repeated the cycle of applying the glaze and firing it, over and over again. And it wasn’t until about three weeks after hearing your earnest plea that I finally reached the final stage of carving, or so I recall... But then again, “Who was the one who suggested this in the first place?” As the maker, that’s a question that really stings, but in any case, I did my very best.