A GOOD YEAR II

A while back I put up a post in regards to Kowari Tetsuya having a rather good year in 2018 and thought I should share another wonderful Oribe piece by him. This large and powerful sculptural object won the Prime Minister's Award at the Nikkouki Exhibition (2018) and though I haven't seen his competition, it is easy to see from this piece that it is truly a wondrous piece. The beautiful and evocative texture and vivid carving seem to come alive under Kowari's masterful touch and ethereal Oribe glaze/ glazing creating a tremendous sense of vertical movement across the surface. The more that I look at these photos, the more that I see; the piece just exudes a strength and emotion that with any luck brings the viewer along for a rather spirited journey into all the possibilities of Oribe.