Bizen Sake Cup

This is a Bizen sake cup by Takashi Baba, an artist born in Inbe who has loved Bizen ware since childhood and finds his life's joy in creating works and firing kilns. This sake cup features a powerful form created by hand-building, without the use of a potter's wheel. In true energetic Baba fashion, it is a very large size, resembling a tea bowl, and it is endearing to imagine how much he must have enjoyed the hand-building process. Fired slowly in front of the flame, it is colored with an intense "goma" (sesame) glaze effect that suits its bold form. Signed wooden box (two-way cross-braced)
Diameter 8.9cm x Diameter 8.4cm x Height 6.3cm Takashi 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, focusing on solo exhibitions at department stores.