Bizen black sake bottle

This is a new Bizen black sake flask by Takashi Baba, an artist born in Imbe who has loved Bizen ware since childhood and finds his life's joy in creating pieces and firing kilns. While this is a black piece featuring a slip-coated surface, it is designed less to showcase the black color itself than to highlight the kiln-transmuted scenery created by chemical reactions triggered by the black. The kiln-transmutation, featuring a "katamigawari" (split-body) design of yellow sesame glaze and ash-covering—which Baba considers the pinnacle of firing—has evolved into a one-of-a-kind piece, with the black pigment producing indigo crystals around the lower body and rim. The geometric patterns carved into the vessel body are quintessentially Baba, and his challenging style captivates all who see it. (*Please note in advance that there are intense protrusions of scorched sesame glaze and areas of flaked glaze due to heavy ash-covering.)

View the blog post for Takashi Baba's new works Signed wooden box to be provided later (please allow some time for shipment)
Rim 3.6cm × Body diameter including glaze drip 9.0cm × Body diameter 8.7cm × Height 13.2cm Capacity approx. 280cc Takashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen ceramic artist Shosuke Baba. Thinking from a young age that he would become a ceramic artist, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden his perspective on pottery. He graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Sculpture in 2006 and honed his skills at the Kyoto Municipal Institute of Industrial Technology and Culture. He became independent in 2007 and held his first solo exhibition. Currently, he is active mainly with solo exhibitions at department stores.