竹下鹿丸 幽白磁茶盌 斗々屋 creating a landscape

creating a landscape

6cm/Height 11

As the artist strives to create authentic Karatsu works

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A sake cup made by Ukrainian potter Paul Freiman

竹下鹿丸 幽白磁茶盌 斗々屋 creating a landscapeThis is the latest Yhakuj chawan by Shikamaru Takeshita, a ceramic artist based in Mashiko. Although made of porcelain, this bowl has a soft, luminous surface, with a faint bluish tone that carries a distinctive landscape of the kiln. Here and there, crater like undulations appear across the surface, allowing traces of the fire to emerge quietly within the serene white body. As the bowl is turned in the hand, areas of black carbonization come gently