Kutsu-gata Kuro-Oribe Chawan
This kutsu-gata Kuro-Oribe chawan was designed and produced as a collaboration between Tezumi and Hiroshige Katō of Kasen Kiln. Inspired by the shape and style of masterpiece Waraya chawan, each bowl was hand-built (手びねり - tebineri) and hand-carved (刳り抜き - kurinuki) into a delightfully playful kutsu-gata shape and hand-painted with an iron underglaze design which combines geometric patterns with naturalistic scrollwork. After glazing and firing, each bowl was soaked for two days in a solution called tochishibu (栃渋) which is made from horse chestnut caps. The result is a staining effect which softens the white of the glaze, emphasizes the crazing and darkens the exposed clay.
Please note that due to the organic nature of hand-carving, glazing, and painting, there are variations between pieces, with each bowl being unique in shape and design. Five pieces are pictured above to display these natural variations.
Each chawan comes with its original kiribako (桐箱 - wooden paulownia box) signed by the artist, Katō Hiroshige (加藤裕重) of Kasen Kiln (喜多窯).
Description
This kutsu-gata Kuro-Oribe chawan was designed and produced as a collaboration between Tezumi and Hiroshige Katō of Kasen Kiln. Inspired by the shape and style of masterpiece Waraya chawan, each bowl was hand-built (手びねり - tebineri) and hand-carved (刳り抜き - kurinuki) into a delightfully playful kutsu-gata shape and hand-painted with an iron underglaze design which combines geometric patterns with naturalistic scrollwork. After glazing and firing, each bowl was soaked for two days in a solution called tochishibu (栃渋) which is made from horse chestnut caps. The result is a staining effect which softens the white of the glaze, emphasizes the crazing and darkens the exposed clay.
Please note that due to the organic nature of hand-carving, glazing, and painting, there are variations between pieces, with each bowl being unique in shape and design. Five pieces are pictured above to display these natural variations.
Each chawan comes with its original kiribako (桐箱 - wooden paulownia box) signed by the artist, Katō Hiroshige (加藤裕重) of Kasen Kiln (喜多窯).
