Tea Bowl
This is a work made by Ricca Okano, who creates ceramics in her atelier in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture. It is a beautiful tea bowl in which various colors blend together and change appearance depending on the angle from which it is viewed. The inside has a smooth, glass-like blue surface, and the contrast between the outside and inside of the work is also unique. This tea bowl is one of a kind and will surely make your tea time even more enjoyable.

Ricca Okano makes pottery at her atelier in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.
Her works are characterized by the beautiful contrast between her gentle pale colors and the eye-catching vivid colors. Her works have parts that are blue and smooth, like glass, and parts that are multicolored and uneven. This is to express two sides of the same coin in one work. Because she did not want to be influenced by other potters, she and taught herself pottery and art.
She is very attracted to abstract lines and colors that emerge from the unconscious, and creates her works based on those emotions. The inspiration for her works also comes from the magnificent and beautiful forest that surrounds her studio. She says that she wants to reflect her daily emotions in her works, such as the natural world, which changes every day with its various colors, and the flow and changes of water that circulates from rain to mist, clouds, sky, and earth.
We feel that her works are the artworks that we can feel closest to and use in our daily life. Their unique forms and colors of her each works add beautiful color and richness to our lives. We would like to take this opportunity to experience artworks that can be used in your daily life. We are sure you will encounter an exciting feeling.