Poke Wood Square Tray (10.5in/26.5cm)

Poke Wood Square Tray (10.5in/26.5cm)Mori Kougeis Poke collection utilizes the tsuki ita technique, where sheets of wood just a fraction of a millimeter thick are carved and reassembled to form decorative inlaid surfaces. The results vary in color and grain to reflect the character and environment of the wood at hand, and are detailed with finely illustrated patterns of all shapes and sizesfrom clean lined parallelograms to sprawling butterflies.

indentations

where glass rods intertwine and wrap around a glass cylinder

Swiss jeweller and gemstone house Gübelin dates back to the mid-1800s and remains a gold standard in exquisite craftsmanship and elegance

as there are so many details that command a closer look – from the speckled bursts of color to the scalloped lip

The results are beautiful and refined with a masculine feel

To recreate it

some fading is expected when exposed to heat

down-to-earth slipware – just like these pasta bowls

casting brass in original moulds and hand-working each piece to a satisfying finish

with their signature glossiness the result of the complex son mai technique

Each unique find features a ribbed

Introduced in 1997