Plating

MOON DISHES:


The thing to use for little snacks--a Japanese marshmallow + lemon
Made by artist AYA OKUDA, a young potter working out of an old kimono factory in Akitsuki in Fukuoka prefecture.  



Available HERE:  http://store.ikoikospace.com/OBJECTS/CERAMICS/JAPAN-c45/

&
HERE:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/IKO-IKO/266141840086430

We finally joined!

We are now part of the social networking world and have added an IKO IKO page to facebook. 

We'll be sharing a collection of images that are part of our experience, part of our store offerings, as well as the people behind the work.  

Take a look and visit often!

Photo Album, Part 1: TOKYO...the complete album is HERE:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/IKO-IKO/266141840086430?sk=wall

Matt Merkel-Hess + MerkelWare

 

DOTS, DOTS, DOTS!

New spotted MerkelWare dishes 

by Matt Merkel-Hess

Please join us for the opening on

Saturday, June 18,  7-10 pm

Some of his classic stoneware forms alongside some new shapes...utilitarian and polka-dotted.

plus...

a few dot inspired things from our Japan trip.  

We'd like to introduce...

some special pieces to start off Fall.


If you need to get a gift for someone, now is the perfect opportunity.

Come by to check it out and say hello.    

+ part 1 of our boro finds

+ ceramics from Hagi, Shiga, and Niigata

+ select green teas from Fukuoka

+ 80's teen fashion/culture magazines

+ some curiosities for your beauty regime

and 

MORE!

To note:
+ new Rowena Sartin FALL pieces on the way 
+ new WAKA WAKA creations for your FALL interior space.
  

Some favorites from Japan

We are back from our trip and wanted to share some of the MANY pictures taken.  

Thanks to everyone who stopped in to say hello during our absence.  Our stand in shop keepers enjoyed meeting the new and old faces.

Goodies from the trip will be in the store soon, so stay tuned...

Add to your reading material...

CASA BRUTUS!

The best of the hybrid "lifestyle-design-architecture-interiors" magazines.  And, from JAPAN (but all have English translation inserts). 
WAKA WAKA has hand picked interesting back issues to complement current issues.  This upcoming month's is on the way now...
Only $15.