Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase agate and gold flower-embroidered tunic

flower-embroidered tunic

while others in shades of grey and black recede into the distance

) with great taste

as well as a white stain around part of the rim of the base

this frog would be great perched on a shelf or sitting on a desk keeping an eye on things

Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase agate and gold flower-embroidered tunicThis hand thrown mushroom shaped ikebana vase is one of my very favorite objects ever, a wonderfully unusual, whimsical yet functional sculpture that could inspire and host all sorts of fantastic ikebana arrangements. Only recently did I learn through my mother's sleuthing of pottery marks that it was made by Michael Cohen, a studio potter born in Boston in 1936, educated at Mass Art, and currently based in Amherst, Mass, where he continues to have a