Kinuta-style flower vase

This is a flower vase by Kosei Kibata, who made his long-awaited debut after nine years of training as a disciple of Jun Isezaki. It is a simple yet unique piece that embodies the primitive art that Kibata strives for. In the process of turning a "kinuta" (fulling block)—a motif from everyday life—into a flower vase, he engaged in trial and error to arrive at a form that he himself would want to arrange flowers in. The piece is generously coated in ash, and the intense scenery perfectly complements its simple structure. Paper box
Diameter 9.6cm x 9.5cm x Height 15.1cm Kosei Kibata was born in Inbe, Bizen City, in 1974. He studied under Bizen ware artist Jun Isezaki in 2002. He built his own kiln and became independent in Shimizu, Wake Town, in 2012. In the same year, he received the Tanabe Museum of Art Grand Prize and the Encouragement Award at the Exhibition of Tea Ceramics.