Analogue Life

EN | JP

Kittachi Sashiba Plate / 21cm
** Each plate will vary in tone and apperance due to effects during the firing process.

Analogue Life’s Kittachi mugs and plates are crafted in Saga, which is renowned as a pottery region. The process of preparing and shaping clay is conducted in Arita, and firing is done in Imari. In recent years, even as a well-known porcelain production center, it is necessary for the Arita producers to source porcelain materials from other prefectures. Fortunately the Kittachi series is made from iron-rich clay locally sourced from Saga Prefecture. Roughly formed using a mould, each mug and plate is finished by the hands of a potter in order to refine its shape. A workshop based in Imari, Saga fired the vessels at temperatures similar to early Imari-ware (early 16th century), in order to achieve the desired surface finish of the ceramics.

An original glaze we call Sashiba was developed for this series. When fired it results in nuanced hues and tones, rather than a solid uniform color. The Chinese character whose kun reading is sashiba, literally means shades and shadows, making it an apt name for the glaze which produces varied light and shadowed tones across the surface of each vessel.