Imbe Rokkaku Shuhai

Go Ikenishi studies antique ceramics from Japan, China, and Korea.
He applies the knowledge gained from his study of these ceramics to his own work.
This piece is colored to resemble ironwork using the "Inbe-te" technique.
The surface of the dried piece is coated with iron-rich slip.
The weathered, iron-like color evokes a sense of Wabi-Sabi.
He receives instruction on firing methods from Anjin Abe.
Layers are created on the vessel by firing it multiple times.

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.