Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase for the table and bands of pattern around

and bands of pattern around neck and base

where he continues to have a studio

this one features a wonderful graphic black and umber bird and fish design by Johanne Gerber

simple gestures

1941) is a Swedish artist and ceramic & glass designer

Michael Cohen Mushroom Shaped Studio Pottery Ikebana Vase for the table and bands of pattern aroundThis 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