{"product_id":"p2358","title":"Bizen Yohen Sake Bottle","description":"This is a new yohen (kiln-transmuted) tokkuri (sake bottle) by Takashi Baba, an artist born in Imbe who has loved Bizen ware since childhood and finds his life's joy in creating works and firing his kiln. For this piece, he threw a slightly small, thick-walled bottle, added a base by leaving extra clay around the bottom, and then carved the body of the bottle as if he were sculpting wood. The striking, almost incongruous combination of carving the body and then adding a base is completely resolved and unified by enveloping the entire piece in intense kiln-transmutation effects. Its sloped shoulders are reminiscent of a wooden Buddhist statue, and as you hold it and gaze at it, this mysterious piece creates the illusion that you carved it yourself.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/baba.takashi.tokusyu.php\"\u003e\"Takashi Baba Feature\"\u003c\/a\u003e\n\nSigned wooden box to be provided later (please allow some time for shipping)\u003cbr\u003e\nMouth diameter 3.4cm × Body diameter 8.8cm × 8.8cm × Height 14.8cm Capacity approx. 450cc\n\nTakashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen ware artist Shosuke Baba. Thinking from a young age that he would become a ceramic artist, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden his perspective on ceramics. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in sculpture in 2006, then went on to hone his skills at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture. He became independent in 2007 and held his first solo exhibition. He is currently active mainly through solo exhibitions at department stores.","brand":"馬場隆志","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618441220193,"sku":"2358","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/2358.jpg?v=1790236329","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p2358","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}