If you’re in the market to collect vintage Japanese cat figurines and don’t want to spend a fortune, Takahashi San Francisco is a great starting place. These figurines were handmade and sourced directly from Japanese artisans between the 1960s to 1980s. As they are not particularly rare or highly sought after (at least not at…
Succulents are plants that store water in their leaves as a survival mechanism. They make awesome house plants because of the following reasons: They are robust and can thrive even in dry conditions They also don’t require constant watering or fertilizing They tend to grow proportionately to the size of their planters When you build…
Émile Gallé ceramic cats from the Jacques et Claude Rohault de Fleury collection Émile Gallé (1846-1904) was a French artist who primarily worked in glass, and is considered a big deal as one of the original innovators in the Art Nouveau movement. His early ceramics were generally plates and vases with more traditional floral designs and though they…
kawaii– cute, in the context of Japanese popular culture Mino-ware (mino-yaki) refers to the traditional Japanese ceramic pottery produced in the Mino Province, located in central Japan’s Gifu Prefecture. This pottery industry has a heritage of more than 1,000 years and is so popular that today, an estimated 50% of Japanese ceramics are all Mino-ware….
