{"product_id":"p6973","title":"Blue Shino teacup","description":"This is a new Blue Shino teacup by Takashi Baba, an artist born in Imbe who has loved Bizen ware since childhood and finds joy in crafting works and firing kilns.\u003cbr\u003e\nFired around April 2023, this unique piece achieves its blue hue not through glaze coloring, but through translucency.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile Mr. Baba has periodically created Blue Shino using cobalt, this particular piece is distinctive; he uses a slip mixed with cobalt—known as \"Black Bizen\"—to generate a black base, which is then covered with a feldspar glaze to reveal a pale leek-green color.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe feldspar glaze has been applied using a multiple-pour technique, creating dynamic movement in the glaze texture and interesting color layering due to variations in thickness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nLike his other works, this piece was fired in Mr. Baba’s climbing kiln. The natural glaze flows down from the rim, forming pale green and golden granules that act as a wonderful third color layer, complementing the Black Bizen and feldspar glaze.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe orthodox shape combined with the texture of the glaze makes it very easy to use.\n\nNo box included (a paulownia box can be made separately)\nDiameter 8.7cm x 8.7cm x Height 9.1cm\n\nTakashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen ware artist Shosuke Baba.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHaving decided to become a potter from a young age, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden his perspective on ceramics.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006, he honed his skills at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became independent in 2007 and held his first solo exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nCurrently, he is active primarily through solo exhibitions at department stores.","brand":"馬場隆志","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618072547425,"sku":"6973","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6973.jpg?v=1790232078","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6973","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}