Bizen cup and saucer

Mamoru Taku is a potter and researcher.
He collects various types of clay from Okayama Prefecture and conducts test firings.
He researches the various chemical reactions between fire and clay that occur during the firing of Bizen ware.
He told me that Hidasuki is his fundamental theme.
Hidasuki works in various colors were displayed in his workshop.
A large amount of iron and other substances are emerging on the surface of the beige clay.
Several types of clay are mixed together, and the different clays are used to create a marbled pattern.
The magnificent Hidasuki is comparable to antique Bizen ware.
This guinomi was fired in October 2024.

He was born in Okayama Prefecture in 1952.
He became a disciple of Takaaki Kimura in 1980.
He built a kiln in Saeki in 1983.
He built a kiln in Takebe Town in 1998.