Gengetsu White Wave Droplet Plate, Gift Boxed — Seto

Droplet Plate “Gengetsu -Half Moon-” Gift Boxed

A single moment of nature, captured in pottery.
A droplet of wave landscape to set on your table.

No two waves are ever the same.

This is a Lazuli piece shaped like a single drop spilled from the surface of the water, holding the look of that one moment.

“Gengetsu” is a soft white series evoking the moon as it quietly waxes and wanes.

A gentle wave pattern rising through the white gives it the stillness of water lit by moonlight.

~ A Droplet of Landscape for Your Table ~

A droplet plate of about 16 × 11.5cm.

Set petits fours, macarons or seasonal fruit on it for teatime.

It is an easy, unfussy size for everyday use as well, for side dishes or a few nibbles.

Swing the tip of the droplet left or right, or shift the angle a little.
How you place it changes the look of the plate, bringing quiet movement to the usual table.

Fill it generously, or leave space on purpose and let the wave pattern show through.

Depending on the mood of the day and the dish, you can enjoy the droplet form and the wave landscape however you like.

~ No Two Waves Are Alike ~

The wave pattern is made with a technique called inkoku, or incised carving: the relief of the waves is cut into the clay surface, white glaze is laid over it, and the pattern rises through the variation in glaze depth.

The relief creates differences in the thickness of the glaze, and soft waves rise through the white.

The glaze also shifts subtly in the shade and character of its white, depending on its thickness and on how the heat reaches it inside the kiln.

The same white may appear as a soft milky tone, or let the shadows of the waves surface quietly.
That fluctuation creates a landscape like water lit by moonlight.

How the pattern emerges, and the depth and shade of the glaze, differ slightly from piece to piece.

No two waves are ever the same.
Please enjoy the individual character of each, holding its own single moment.

~ A Small Landscape, Boxed ~

It arrives in Lazuli’s blue gift box.

Open the box and a droplet landscape of waves in soft white appears.

As a piece just for yourself.
As company for a moment’s rest, alongside a favourite sweet.

And as a small gift for someone dear.

A small pleasure in daily life, and a moment when the heart quietly unwinds.

Each piece is made one by one, with the wish that good waves may come your way.

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Product Details

• Material: pottery (Seto ware)
• Size: approx. 160 × 115mm
• Microwave: ○
• Dishwasher: △
• Open flame / oven: ×

About the Character of Handmade Work

Because each piece is made by hand, the colouring and the way the wave pattern appears vary from one to the next.

You may also see variation in the depth and shade of the glaze, crystalline patches, black specks, pinholes, and grains of iron.

Please enjoy these too, as marks unique to pottery born of clay, glaze and flame.

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Craft Studio Lazuli — mizuki
Seto City, Aichi Prefecture

A single moment of nature, captured in pottery.
~ May good waves come your way ~

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~ Three Series, Three Landscapes ~

The droplet plate comes in three series: “Yoake”, “Socho” and “Gengetsu”.

“Yoake”, shifting from deep lapis blue to pale blue, reflects the moment light first breaks over dark water.

“Socho”, moving from translucent turquoise to deep lapis blue, calls to mind clear water glittering in morning light.

“Gengetsu”, with gentle waves rising through a soft white, reflects a still surface of water lit by moonlight.

Within the same droplet form, each holds the landscape of a different hour, different in colour and in light.

Choose the landscape you like best and enjoy it at your everyday table.

* Photographs may include items from other series.