BIG BLUE

Illustrated is the big blue tsubo that I showed a detail of last week that was made by Kyoto potter, Furukawa Toshio. Though Furukawa Toshio was very well known for his various celadon works, he exhibited quite a number of these yuri-hakkin-sai style pots at various venues which is also the technique that his son, Furukawa Takuro (b.1979) has become quite well known for. In this case, cut and incised platinum with gold foil accents are used before the pot is glazed over in this brilliant blue glaze. This tsubo is rather impressive in person at over 13" tall and 12" across its surface is electric and alive and depending on the light source it has a variety of hues of color and flashes reflected light every opportunity it gets. As I mentioned I had a large hachi by Furukawa here over a year ago, created in the same technique and glaze and only wish that I could have had both on display if only for a brief moment, I think it would be quite a spectacle.