Unfolding

Front view of Unfolding, a warm ochre stoneware tea bowl with a gently undulating rim, by Celeste Ortelee.

Seed Forms 01
Chawan · 2026
Stoneware, glaze

Inspired by the forms of seed pods, Unfolding explores the movement from enclosing to opening. Its widening silhouette and gently irregular rim give the bowl a sense of emergence. A warm ochre glaze reveals the character of the surface, while the unglazed foot exposes the clay beneath.

Handmade stoneware tea bowl for matcha, made in my studio on Ishigaki Island, Japan.

Height: approx. 9 cm · Width: approx. 14.5 cm
Weight: 383 g

Part of Seed Forms.

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