Bizen Sake Cup

This is a new Bizen sake cup by Mashiro Aika, an artist who creates works that are uncompromisingly straightforward and possess true substance. After a long silence, Mashiro Aika has once again surprised us with a work of even greater scale. While maintaining the strongly fired yellow sesame glaze that is his hallmark, he has also succeeded in bringing out just a hint of delicate scarlet. The reverse side also features a rich, expressive clay texture; it is a well-fired, robust body, yet it reveals a wealth of subtle variations, allowing you to discover new changes in color the more you look at it.

View Mashiro Aika's blog post Original wooden box to follow at a later date (please allow some time for delivery)
10.5cm diameter × 10.5cm diameter × 3.6cm height Mashiro Aika graduated from the Okayama Prefectural Bizen Pottery Center in 1997. In 2003, he built a fully underground anagama kiln in Sabukaze. The following year, in 2004, he constructed a second, semi-underground anagama kiln and continues to devote himself to his craft.