Bamboo Inspired Stackable Mug by Mishio Suzuki

These mugs by Kasama based ceramicist Mishio Suzuki are inspired by bamboo.

The form recalls cylindrical stems, and allows the mugs to be stacked upon one another.

Each is shaped on the wheel, with the somewhat petit handles looped from clay.

The nature of the handmade process means that every mug is different.

They are around 8-9cm in diameter, and a similar height. They weigh around 270g.

About Mishio Suzuki

The ceramics of Mishio Suzuki are based on a curiosity, and an open-minded exploration of form. Interested initially in German product design, time spent living there allowed Suzuki to notice the richness of her home region’s ceramic tradition. On returning to Kasama she entered a period of ceramic training, some of it as an apprentice at the kiln of master potter Akio Nukaga. Now with her own kiln, which is housed in the expanding workshop at the bottom of her garden, she embarks on ceramic journeys. Inspired by nature she sees locally, or by the colours she saw on her travels, Suzuki works across a range of influences and ideas. In outcome, this can mean the blueish white lattice of her ‘lux ‘series, the rich chocolates of ‘birch’, the forest dew-like soft green of ‘laur’ and much more besides.