{"title":"Umezawa Mana","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tokyo in 1997. \u003cbr\u003eAfter working as a hairdresser, she moved to Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, inspired by an encounter with clay. \u003cbr\u003eIn 2023, she completed her studies at the Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurrently, as a ceramic artist, she creates a wide range of works from tableware to objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing inspiration from marine life, natural forms, and cell-like aggregates, she uses protrusions, holes, and undulations to create works that evoke a sense of living things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe is fascinated by the coexistence of opposites within a single entity, such as beauty and eeriness, strength and fragility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValuing tactile textures and unique forms, her aim is to create works that, while being vessels, also resemble living organisms, stimulating the viewer's senses and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"product-564","title":"Npenpe Cup, Deep Sea Blue — Mino","description":"\u003cp\u003eUmezawa Mana's Npenpe Cup is a ceramic cup where the tradition of Mino ware meets a contemporary eye. Working in Tajimi, Gifu, Umezawa draws on sea creatures and the shapes of nature, pursuing a texture you want to reach out and touch and a form all its own. The blue has the depth of the deep sea or a rock stratum, and it turns an ordinary coffee break into something more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umezawa Mana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45708456755286,"sku":"564","price":11000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/files\/61c8be60-7ed2-4dae-8fbe-fbf714b655c3_1789807679448.jpg?v=1789807686"},{"product_id":"product-562","title":"Assembled Goblet, Grey — Mino","description":"\u003cp\u003eUmezawa Mana's \"Assembled Goblet\" is a piece of ceramic sake ware, drawn from sea creatures and the shapes of nature. Finished in a grey tone, it is marked by undulations and protrusions that give it something of the presence of a living thing. The surface is smooth to the touch, yet every piece takes a different form, and it works on the senses of whoever looks at it. Beauty and unease live together in this goblet, which suits an occasion where the sake matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umezawa Mana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46235581448278,"sku":"562","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/files\/d85cfaa0-4a1d-43a4-85ee-131726d3dfbd_1789807584247.jpg?v=1789807590"},{"product_id":"product-563","title":"Tenten Dotted Plate, Blue on White — Mino","description":"\u003cp\u003eUmezawa Mana's \"Tenten Plate\" is marked by a beautiful design of blue dots scattered across white ceramic. Made day after day in Tajimi, and drawn from nature and from sea creatures, it feels good in the hand and works on the imagination of whoever looks at it. Good at the table, of course, and equally as a piece to keep in the room.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umezawa Mana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46235583610966,"sku":"563","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/files\/67c60b62-3621-4be5-9cd3-7e5b2b16918d_1789807622401.jpg?v=1789807627"},{"product_id":"product-565","title":"Indigo Soup Bowl — Mino","description":"\u003cp\u003eUmezawa Mana's \"Indigo Soup Bowl\" is a piece of ceramic in a beautiful deep indigo. Its charm lies in a rich colour that calls to mind sea creatures, and in the gradation of glaze across the surface. Inside, blue of shifting depth swirls, giving the mysterious impression of looking down into deep water. A texture you want to reach out and touch, and a design that works on the imagination — it is well suited to setting a table apart.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Umezawa Mana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46235585413206,"sku":"565","price":8000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/9473\/4678\/files\/36fc3eee-887a-4b83-8356-01ed4ce96a89_1789807792005.jpg?v=1789807797"}],"url":"https:\/\/global.kyoto-nokaze.com\/en-hk\/collections\/umezawa-mana\/sake-ware.oembed","provider":"Kyoto nokaze Global","version":"1.0","type":"link"}