{"product_id":"p6990","title":"Aoshino Tea Cup","description":"This is a new Blue Shino tea cup by Takashi Baba, who was born in Imbe and has loved Bizen ware since childhood, finding his life’s joy in crafting works and firing kilns.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was taken from the kiln around April 2023, and it is a unique work that expresses a pale blue hue not through glaze color, but through translucency.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAlthough Mr. Baba has regularly created Blue Shino using cobalt in the past, this particular work is an unconventional piece that utilizes what is known as \"Black Bizen.\" By applying a clay wash mixed with cobalt to create a black base, and then layering feldspar glaze over it, he reveals a soft light-blue (asagi) color.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe feldspar glaze has been poured over multiple times, creating dynamic movement in the glaze texture and interesting color overlaps caused by variations in thickness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs with his other works, it was fired in Mr. Baba's own wood-burning climbing kiln, where natural ash glaze has flowed down from the rim, forming pale green and gold-like granules that serve as an excellent accent, acting as a third layer of color following the Black Bizen and feldspar glaze.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe orthodox form, combined with the texture of the glaze, makes it very easy to use.\n\nNo box included (*A paulownia wood box can be made separately)\nDiameter 9.0cm x 9.0cm 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 considered becoming a ceramic artist from a young age, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden his perspective on pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAfter graduating from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in sculpture in 2006, he honed his skills at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe became an independent artist in 2007 and held his first solo exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe is currently active mainly through solo exhibitions at department stores.","brand":"馬場隆志","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618073464929,"sku":"6990","price":8800.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6990.jpg?v=1790232101","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p6990","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}