Luminous Emerald Lake Bowls

Name: Luminous Emerald Lake Bowls
Brand: Luo Wei
SKU: SK69aa56bbb9bd0
Price: 25.0 USD
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These handmade bowls are made by Luo Wei (羅偉) here in Taiwan, with clay from our own Miaoli county, which has a long history with clay and pottery. Sisters to our Emerald Lake Bowls, they share the same grayish glaze within and soft greens without, here fired to a brighter, more luminous sheen that catches the light like still water. This series also leans a little more wabi than the original bowls, with freer variation in color and form from bowl to bowl, though each set is carefully chosen to match as much as possible.

Each set of five bowls comes with two hand-sewn cloths made by a seamstress here in Miaoli. One is a long white strip that is woven between the bowls from left to right and back, offering each bowl padding and protection for transportation. Then a square of Japanese cloth (in various patterns and colors) is used to bundle up the bowls so you can grab them and take them out with you.

These handmade bowls hold approximately 180ml.

The Artisan

Luo Wei 羅偉

Luo Wei (羅偉) was born in Kaohsiung in 1975 and began his apprenticeship at the Gangshan Pottery Studio in 1996. In 2015 he and his wife founded their studio, Qi Tao Lang (砌陶郎), now in Sanyi, Miaoli, where the local iron-rich red clay finds its way into his work. Early in his career he realized that only work made with feeling carries a soul, so he set aside showy technique in favor of a slower conversation with the clay. His glazes range from quiet natural wood ash to free-spirited shino and the warm, jade-like glow of Ru ware.