{"product_id":"p7449","title":"Blue Flame Shino Sake Cup","description":"Born in Imbe and having loved Bizen ware since childhood, Takashi Baba finds his greatest joy in life through creating works and firing kilns. This is a newly fired Bizen Soen (Blue Flame) Shino sake cup, fresh from the kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis latest work was fired in August 2024; it is a unique piece created by applying Shino glaze to Bizen clay and firing it in a Bizen climbing kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile the overall work aligns with Shino ware, the overlapping effects of the climbing kiln firing have caused it to evolve into a distinct style that is neither strictly Bizen nor Shino.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDeeply drawn to Shino ware and dedicated to the study of feldspar glaze and cobalt, Baba-sensei has improved his feldspar glaze for this piece, successfully creating a pattern that resembles flickering blue flames.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRather than a single shade of blue, layers of black, indigo, and light blue are intricately intertwined, resulting in a mysteriously captivating glaze texture that is characteristic of Baba-sensei’s passion for expressing the color \"ao\" (blue).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe foot is a \"wari-kodai\" (split foot) design, yet it remains stable, and combined with the orthodox cup shape, the simple design allows you to leisurely enjoy the glaze texture, which looks like a raging blue flame.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san style)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.7cm x 8.5cm x Height 5.2cm\n\nTakashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen potter Shosuke Baba.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHaving considered becoming a potter since he was a child, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden the scope of his ceramic work.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIn 2006, he graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in sculpture and then 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\nHe is currently active mainly through solo exhibitions at department stores.","brand":"馬場隆志","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46618173898849,"sku":"7449","price":22000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/7449.jpg?v=1790232730","url":"https:\/\/tourakuen.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/p7449","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}