Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Small plate it provides a stable place

it provides a stable place for a pair of chopsticks or a combination of utensils

enhancing its elegant appearance

This porcelain sauce plate features hanazume—a traditional Kutani pattern meaning “filled with flowers”—rendered in soft white

These wooden chopsticks are meticulously crafted from the finest natural woods

while the brown-glazed rim accentuates the brightness of the yellow

Botanical Textures Objet d'Art 28 Small plate it provides a stable placeA mysterious plant that lives forever. In this objet dart, Alyne Ohigashi imaginatively draws on her knowledge of plant biology to create a fantastical botanical sculpture. Making the invisible visible, its texture is inspired by a tropical fruit exposing its seeds and by chlorophyll, but it might also be likened to a cactus or parts of a flower. This intriguing ambiguity rewards repeated viewing. It is sculpted out of Tobe porcelain, a difficult