{"product_id":"p6160","title":"Shino Sake Cup","description":"This is a Shino sake cup by Takashi Baba, an artist born in Imbe who has loved Bizen ware since childhood and finds his life's joy in creating works and firing kilns.\u003cbr\u003e\nThis piece was fired in November 2020, and is a unique work created by applying Shino glaze to Shino clay and firing it in a Bizen climbing kiln.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhile the base follows the traditions of Shino ware, the addition of firing in a climbing kiln creates a new series that offers infinite variations to enjoy.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMaintaining the soft, beautiful white color characteristic of feldspar-based Shino glaze, the natural glaze from the climbing kiln has layered over the white, creating a translucent, green \"bidoro\" (glassy) effect that builds a unique landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nOf course, the white and green scenery can also be enjoyed inside the cup, and it captures the essence of not only Bizen and Shino, but also various other types of pottery such as Iga and Shigaraki.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe orthodox form, combined with the texture of the glaze, makes it very easy to use.\n\nSigned wooden box (shiho-san)\u003cbr\u003e\nDiameter 8.0cm × 7.8cm × Height 6.1cm\n\nTakashi Baba was born in 1983 as the eldest son of Bizen ware artist Shosuke Baba.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThinking from a young age that he would become a ceramic artist, he chose to study sculpture in university to broaden his perspective on pottery.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nHe graduated from the Sculpture Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006, then went on to refine 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":46618710016097,"sku":"6160","price":13200.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/9916\/8865\/files\/6160.jpg?v=1790240909","url":"https:\/\/www.tourakuen.jp\/en\/products\/p6160","provider":"川口陶楽苑","version":"1.0","type":"link"}