The Edo Kiriko Janome (Snake Eye Design) Single Sake Cup
Two techniques are combined to make this piece: the“flat kiriko” Edo kiriko technique, in which the glass is shaved down to a flat surface, and sand blasting, which involves coating the piece with sand and etching a pattern onto it. The result is an all-new style of Japanese sake Edo kiriko. When the sake is poured, the eighteen panels of the glass—plus the “snake eye” pattern on the bottom—dance and play in the light with the look of a kaleidoscope. Taken in your hand, the pattern reveals something new each time.