Onta Ware Spiral Small Plate - 3 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:B 7cm Height

7cm Height

this glass layers delicate lavender and amber hues

MARUKO pieces reflect the gentle

audible before it's visible

offering an elevated

Onta Ware Spiral Small Plate - 3 Options / 小鹿田焼 小皿 Option:B 7cm HeightTo 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.