Bizen sake cup

This is a Bizen sake cup by Tomio Ochi, who devotedly worked at the kiln under the tutelage of Yasuhito Abe, pouring his still-unsatisfied aspirations into his pottery. It is a work that highlights the firing process characteristic of Ochi, featuring a profound landscape of goma (ash glaze) and sangiri (kiln change). The surface, thoroughly fired in a special kiln, possesses a weight and smoothness as if it were perpetually moist. It is a piece that combines the intensity of firing, reminiscent of forged steel, with the supple softness of the clay. Signed wooden box to be provided later (please allow some time for shipping).
Diameter 7.5cm × Diameter 6.5cm × Height 5.6cm Tomio Ochi graduated from Ehime Prefectural Niihama Technical High School in 1949. In 1952, he moved to Tokyo to study oil painting and sculpture. Thereafter, while working for a company, he continued to pursue painting and sculpture. In 1997, he visited Yasuhito Abe in Ushimado, Setouchi City, Okayama Prefecture, to seek his mentorship, and in 1998, he built his own kiln in Ushimado, where he continues to create Bizen pottery while drawing on his experience in sculpture and painting.