Illustrated is a rather playful yet bold Oribe platter
with a pronounced array of texture and glaze variations. The vivid green Oribe
is characterized by having bright accents where there are high points and a
dense pool in the center of the piece with rich blue-green tones floating on
the surface where the saturation of copper has become the greatest. Made by
Yamaguchi Yoshinari, he was born in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture and after attending Kanazawa Seiryo University established his own studio and anagama in 1999. Immersing himself in
the creation of chadogu, tea ware, Yamaguchi has won a number of awards for his
dedicated pursuit and he divides time between making Oribe and Shigaraki
pottery. Though a great deal of his output is based on traditional forms and
archetypes for tea ceremony, this Oribe swirl platter has a practiced blend of
whimsy and modernism that much of even the historical Oribe pottery is admired
for. I am constantly amazed that green (Oribe) has such a wide array of uses
and rarely disappointed when it is handled with purpose.
You can see more photos of this pot over at my Trocadero
marketplace if you are inclined; http://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1324098/item1324098store.html
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