IN THE ROUND

Having had this Yamato Tsutomu Dai-Kannyu Hagi Chawan hanging around for a couple weeks, I decided to make a short video slideshow to paint a fuller picture of the piece presenting it as best I may in the round as it were. I think I first saw a chawan by Tsutomu's father, Yamato Yasuo back in 2004 or 2005 and just immediately fell in love with the surface and aesthetic. I love that the surfaces look like they are literally being pulled apart like some celestial breakdown of a planet or asteroid which gives telling glimpses in to the interior of the pot exposing slip and clay in an evocative and narrative of some distant primal expression. I think that the video also points out the richness of color and texture and where the pot is visually dissected from dark to light with a more classic Shiro-Hagi appears on the rear of the pot. In the end what I hope one takes away from the slideshow is it is clear this is not business as usual from Hagi but rather something new to father and son and likely something to build on in an already rich and diverse Hagi tradition. Enjoy the video.

You can see this chawan over onTrocadero ; 
https://www.trocadero.com/stores/albedo3studio/items/1417067/TSUKI-KAGE-HAGI-DAI-KANNYU-CHAWAN-BY-YAMATO-TSUTOMU