Bizen Guinomi

This is a Bizen sake cup by Yoshiteru Koriki, a popular young artist who was an apprentice to the master Sozan Kaneshige. This latest work, pulled from the kiln in early summer 2019, is a masterpiece that combines beautiful mouse-gray ash glaze with a soft scarlet hue, characteristic of Koriki-sensei, who continues to strive for kiln-effect transformations while cherishing the clay itself. This ash-glazed kiln transformation is born from balancing the contradictory elements of clay and firing, and even within such a difficult firing process, it has been completed at an exquisite timing, neither favoring the clay nor the firing too much. You can enjoy a variety of firing effects, such as the kiln transformation that is slightly stronger in gray around the areas where the scarlet color fades, which then gradients to yellow towards the back, and eventually changes to a black scorch. It features a brilliant scarlet color that looks as if it were captured by someone stepping into the raging kiln and timing it just right; a piece that has masterfully ventured into a time where human presence is not permitted. Signed wooden box to follow (please allow some time for shipping)
Diameter 7.3cm x 7.0cm x Height 5.2cm Yoshiteru Koriki was born in Ako City, Hyogo Prefecture. Influenced by his pottery-loving father, he aspired to a career in ceramics, and after graduating from high school, he studied under the father-son duo of Sozan and Yuho Kaneshige starting in 1989. After seven years of training, he established his own climbing kiln in Shizutani, Bizen City in 1996 to strike out on his own, and achieved success with his first kiln firing the following year. He held his first solo exhibition in Tokyo in 2000 and has held annual solo exhibitions ever since. In 1999, his work was selected for the "Pottery for Sweets from the North I Want to Use" exhibition, and in 2002, he was selected for the "Form of Tea Ceremony" exhibition for the first time.