Peach Mocha Sunflower

The sunflower arrived in Japan from North America during the Meiji era and was immediately subjected to the attention Japan gives imported forms with good structure. The Peach Mocha Sunflower is a ceramic wall flower, 4 inches across, one screw, no water — warmer than the original, more autumnal, less insistent. The sunflower went through the Japanese process and came out more interesting than it arrived, which is what the Japanese process produces when the starting material is correct. The peach mocha glaze was not in the original. That is the point.