Puffed
up to the point of imminent danger, this tsubo is a simple statement regarding
volume and how it can be explained and perceived. Created by traditional Mino
specialist, Ando Hidetake this wood fired Ko-Mino style tsubo has the
appearance of being inflated to the point to which the structure almost seems
impaired. The edge of the shoulder and neck have dipped into the form where the
recess has gathered a pool of the glaze creating a darkened ring which further
accentuates the tension between the pot and the volume it expresses. I have
seen a number of brilliant tsubo over time and though there are certainly pots
that are larger, rounder and fuller few capture this sense of spatial
tautness and drama in which the piece becomes synonymous with a visual mass
that appears on the brink of structural annihilation. I have seen quite a
number of pots by Ando Hidetake that are infused with an impending narrative
and drama of which this pot has in volumes as well.
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