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Master Takeshi has been throwing clay for fifty years, and his studio accepts one foreign apprentice per season. Today, you're learning why the kiln fire demands respecttemperatures that transform humble earth into art, requiring the kind of patience that can't be taught, only earned through burning fingers and broken vessels. Tiernan's chevron crochet texture mirrors the pottery's cracked beautypatterns that suggest controlled accident, deliberate imperfection. The mercerised cotton moves like liquid silk around the wheel, repelling clay dust whilst breathing through the kiln's ambient heat. The milano stitch placket maintains structure through concentrated work. When your fifth attempt at a tea bowl finally achieves the balance Takeshi demands, he nods oncepraise worth more than gallery reviews. "Wabi-sabi," he says, turning your imperfect vessel in weathered hands. "Beauty in brokenness. Like your shirtstrength through fracture." Sometimes the cracks let the light in. Feel Summer.
- Classic fit
- One-piece capri collar
- Mercerisation treatment gives cotton yarn a brighter, more lustrous appearance
- Ribbed cuffs & hem
- Branded imitation mother of pearl buttons
- Fully fashioned
- Hand O .B stitch near hem
- Item No. 281173
Moisture sensing fibers increase breathability during perspiration
