Inspiration for a love bowl

The Korean Love Bowl with its simple design and eastern echoes was inspired by the pottery of both Korea and Japan. More specifically, blind to appearance, inspiration came from the famous Korean teabowl and now prized Japanese treasure - the Kizaemon Ido - an imperfect pot of extraordinary beauty. It's significance is less about looks and more about character and temperament. What it stands for. Like it's centuries old ancestor from Korea, the Love Bowl is at the same time humble and straightforward whilst possessing great charm and nobility.

Yanagi Soetsu, the philosopher and founder of the Mingei Movement in Japan, said of the Kizaemon Ido, 'so simple, no ordinary thing could be imagined.... just a bowl that a poor man would use everyday.' I wanted to create a bowl that was ordinary and 'anybody' would use everyday. A simple bowl, perfect for those day to day requirements. But also a bowl that its possible to fall in love with, more familiarity than a lightning strike.