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Currently on display are Vineyard's ceramic works -- misshapen animals and bowls built around the idea of "wabi-sabi", a Japanese aesthetic celebrating the beauty of imperfection and impermanence.
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The designer's modern, minimal creations furnish the narrow, two-storey cafe, and a few of his works are also on sale, including a ceramic coffee roaster shaped like a gourd that works on an ordinary gas range, should you be inspired to brew your own perfect cup.
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Some works, such as the ceramic saw-blades displayed in a cabinet with period paraphernalia, blend in so well that they have to be sought out.
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