Bizen black ceramic wine server

This is a new Bizen black Western-style sake vessel 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 kilns. The continuous fine cuts create reflections of light on the glossy black surface, and its increasingly complex radiance will surely draw the viewer into the world of Baba before they even realize it. Not only the glistening jet-black surface but also blue is clearly expressed; the inside of the cup and the base, created by carving, have transformed into an ultramarine hue. This piece features particularly prominent blue-indigo kiln changes, with the area from the waist through the foot to the carved base shrouded in a deep, ultramarine mist. (Please note that due to the intense firing process, there is a small area of peeling where the ash-covered kiln change occurred on the base.)

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Diameter 8.5cm × Diameter 8.4cm × Height 12.5cm 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 the scope of his ceramics. After graduating from the Department of Sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006, he entered the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture to refine his skills. He became independent in 2007 and held his first solo exhibition. He is currently active mainly through solo exhibitions at department stores.