Inbe Shuhai

Go Ikenishi is studying antique ceramics from Japan, China, and Korea.
He applies what he has learned from the study of antique ceramics to his own production.
This work is colored like an iron piece using the "Inbe-te" technique.
The surface of the dried piece is coated with iron-rich slip.
The worn, iron-like color evokes a sense of Wabi-Sabi.
He was instructed by Anjin Abe on firing methods.
Layers are created in Kigoma through multiple firings.

He was born in 1961 in Osaka Prefecture.
He built a kiln in 1994 in Ehime Prefecture.
He built a kiln in 2012 in Okayama Prefecture.