These charming blue and white bowls and plates depict different plants and animals. Each dish is handmade and perfect for serving small treats with afternoon tea or for holding small stationeries and trinkets on your desk.
These plates are printed using a technique called "Inban-de", which refers to a type of decoration using printing techniques such as "stencil printing" and "copperplate transfer." This method is prone to flaws such as blurring, bleeding, color fading, and uneven coloring in the design, and in recent years it has become a technique that is only practiced by a limited number of workshops. These flaws can be seen as part of its charm.
Nevertheless, among tableware enthusiasts, these flaws can be seen as part of its charm
kata kata is a husband-and-wife creative duo made up of Takeshi Matsunaga and Chie Takai. The pair met in 2004 while attending Tokyo Zokei University and began their collaborations. They specialize in using the Japanese dyeing techniques called Katazome and Chusen to dye intricate and highly detailed designs and patterns onto cloth fabrics. Their works are bold and eye-catching and inspired by everything that can be felt in daily life from stories about animals, insects, plants, landscapes and more.
Three sizes designed for everyday use.
The small plate can be used as a soy sauce dish or a side plate. The medium dish is deep enough to be used often. The large plate is also deep and rimless, so it holds more than it looks. Suitable for stews with sauce, as well as pasta and curry.
Small: 11 cm in diameter x 2.2 cm in height
Medium: 15 cm in diameter x 4.4 cm in height
Large: 20.5 cm in diameter x 3.5 cm in height