I’m a manga geek from way back, so…it appeals to me.  But art-y plates are kind of funny.

If I bought a $30 mail order plate of three wolves howling at the moon or ‘Native American warrior embraces the Great Spirit by the Grand Canyon’…would I want to eat my warmed over tikka masala on one?

No, most likely not.  These are interesting partly for the conceit they can actually be used: and of course I imagine they can.

But a mere four plates is a hundred sixty bucks…I’d hate to chip one in the sink.

Another triumph for commerical “art”, I suppose. Because someone, somewhere will buy them, and for great amounts of money, as proven by the likes of Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. *shrug*

Can’t say I dislike it? Just that I don’t understand it? I like certain decorative plates. These are technically decorative plates. I just don’t know why someone would want to decorate their plates in this manner?

(OK…yes, I want the crying eye for wasabi and various chilis…)