This one-of-a-kind tea bowl transforms your morning matcha into a mindful moment. Imitating textures and colors from the natural world, this hand-made bowl enriches your sensory adventure of having tea.
Made by artist Ginny Marsh, this Japanese-style tea bowl is a work of art
For this bowl, Ginny used gold leaf and an artistic decal representation of the brain's hippocampus area, where memories are stored. A most mindful matcha tea bowl!
In Japan, these bowls are used to whisk matcha, the powdered Japanese green tea
The variety of colors, textures and patterns in each bowl creates an endless variety of visual and tactile adventures
An expression of the Japanese aesthetic called Wabi-Sabi, which finds beauty in imperfection
These bowls inspire imaginative culinary uses. One customer bought several to serve ice cream
In Japan, tea bowls that are not used are said "to have died"
As the tea bowl is used, it will change by developing patina - similar to what happens to wood or copper in nature
In Japan, tea bowls are passed from generation to generation