Hello everyone, how are you all doing?
Today, I would like to introduce a Hikidashi-guro (pulled-out black) sake cup by Koichiro Isezaki.
This "Hikidashi" technique involves placing the piece directly in front of the kiln's firing port and pulling it out while it is still being fired.
Due to the nature of this process, the pieces are very rare as they are susceptible to breakage and limited in where they can be placed.
By being pulled out during firing, the yellow ash glaze (kigoma) and black color become translucent.
The yellow part on the left of the photo and the black, glass-like substance on the right would likely have become regular yellow ash glaze had the piece cooled normally.
The underside has developed scorching, turning it a deep, solid blue.
Inside the cup, there is a large, navel-like protrusion.
It is split like a "yabure-bukuro" (torn bag) water jar, but the crack is filled with ash glaze, making it a truly fascinating highlight.
The adhesion mark on the top right connects to the navel inside.
Perhaps ash glaze flowed from the other side, penetrated through, and solidified to create this adhesion mark.
What did you think of Koichiro Isezaki's Hikidashi-guro sake cup?
It is a mysterious piece born through a bold process that fears no breakage,
where a sense of daring—filling even the torn, penetrated holes with intense ash glaze—coexists with a delicacy that preserves color shifts impossible to see under normal circumstances.
(Koichiro Isezaki / Hikidashi-guro Sake Cup size: diameter 8.2cm x diameter 8.6cm x height 6.0cm price:Sold )
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