Noah

This is "Noah" by Fujita Sho, who entered the Bizen Ceramic Center after studying fine arts in general. It is a work that lets the elegant and fresh inspiration characteristic of Fujita-sensei—who has studied fine arts such as oil painting since a young age—blossom through his own unique technique. The design, inspired by Noah's Ark, is primitive like a mural, yet overflowing with a sense of dynamism. He uses a reverse-inlay technique to bring out the image: he creates a massive wooden board, presses clay onto it to raise the lines, and then fills the surrounding area with a different type of clay. Paper box
Diameter 18.5cm x Diameter 16.8cm x Height 1.9cm Fujita Sho-sensei was born in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture in 1978. In 1987, he spent four years studying fine arts in general at the studio of Western-style painter Kyoji Ono. In 1993, he spent three years studying drawing and design at the studio of Western-style painter Hisamitsu Yamauchi. In 1997, he learned the fundamentals of pottery from Yasuaki Kawasaki and Minoru Nakamura, and the following year, in 1998, he enrolled in the Bizen Ceramic Center. After completing his studies there in 1998, he apprenticed under Bizen ware artist Kazuya Hashimoto for five years. In 2003, his work was selected for the Okayama Prefectural Art Exhibition. He became independent and fired his first kiln in 2004. In 2006, he was selected for the 49th Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, Chugoku Branch Exhibition. In the same year, he also submitted work to the 23rd Tanabe Museum of Art "Chanoyu Molding Exhibition" and was selected.