Sanpo JAPAN Round Mug Blue - Crafted By Ippo Kiln Mugs A pair of chopsticks begins

A pair of chopsticks begins as a single length of wood — tapered toward the tip

A tool that becomes more personal with every meal

Urushi lacquer applied over a wooden form gives this spoon a surface that improves with age: the color deepening

Suitable for removing mud from root vegetables

the way it holds soup

Sanpo JAPAN Round Mug Blue - Crafted By Ippo Kiln Mugs A pair of chopsticks beginsGlazed in a settled, layered blue, this mug holds its color differently depending on the light where the glaze pools it deepens, where it thins it lightens, and no two pieces fire to quite the same tone. Ippo Kiln forms and glazes each mug by hand in Japan, working at a pace that allows every piece to be made individually. The result is a mug that carries the marks of its making never perfectly uniform, always consistent in character. Japanese