Teeth bared, green spikes along its back and tail, claws primed at the chest – Japanese ceramist Otani Workshop’s dinosaur-like creation Tanilla might be terrifying if not for its miniature size (and indeed, its somewhat rueful expression). Like a Godzilla in cartoon miniature, the ’little green monster’ is one of Otani Workshop’s most memorable creations, part of the Shigaraki-based sculptor’s menagerie-like oeuvre of mythical beasts and monsters (despite the name, Otani Workshop refers to a singular artist).
