Kuro Raku Chawan

This is a new black Raku tea bowl by Yoshinobu Morimoto, an artist with an exceptional aesthetic sense who continues to evolve in his work with clay, firing, and form. Fired in a newly designed kiln rather than a traditional Raku kiln, the black surface of this piece has transformed into shades of yellow and reddish-purple. The texture, reminiscent of golden mist rising in the darkness, becomes deeper the more one looks at it, and the vivid green of matcha will surely look striking against the gold and black surface. While the form reflects a restraint of deliberate artifice to the extreme, it is simultaneously packed with the most delicate movements of the clay; combined with its colors, it is a bowl that evokes a sense of "the universe," possessing both void and infinity. Signed wooden box to follow (please allow some time for delivery)
Diameter 12.5cm × Diameter 12.4cm × Height 9.0cm Yoshinobu Morimoto was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1976. He completed the Bizen Pottery Center program in 1996. After working independently, he held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2004. Since then, he has held annual solo exhibitions centered in Tokyo and throughout Japan. He was selected for the Tanabe Museum of Art's "Tea Ceremony Sculpture Exhibition" in 2005, 2006, and 2007. In 2008, he exhibited at the "Contemporary Artists' Sake Cup Exhibition" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. In 2009, he exhibited at the "Contemporary Artists' Tea Bowl Exhibition" at Nihombashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo. He continues to hold solo exhibitions across the country, including a special feature on his work at Tenmaya in Okayama in 2010.