The Collected Gaze

The Teapot Series
Cast iron teapot — Japan, 1920s

A vintage Japanese teapot in cast iron.

The surface is marked, as if time settled into it.
Dark, granular, almost porous.
It absorbs light rather than reflects it.

A weight in the hand.
A presence on the table.

Between use and stillness.

12 × 12.5 cm