Friday, September 17, 2021
OGAWA MISHIMA
If you happen to like Korean influenced mishima
inlay than this mizusashi is certainly for you, a tour de force of decoration
created by a master who has dedicated his life to working with primarily white
slips, Ogawa Tetsuo. This solid mizusashi is decorated in two large bands of
impressed and inlaid decoration with smaller horizontal decoration breaking up
the surface a bit and creating a strong and traditional appearance that would
be at home in any tea room. After the pot was thrown, the overall decoration
was impressed in to the surface where a layer of white slip was then applied
and "forced" into the depressed areas and allowed to dry before it
was then scraped off likely using a sharp kanna or metal rib. The slip, like a kohiki slip shows wonderful areas of color and blushing through the transparent
top glaze that makes for a rather variegated surface that would be impossible
to tire of. Though this Buncheong style originated in Korea, Ogawa Tetsuo has
managed to grapple with the technique and mastered it along the way and adding
to the mishima and kohiki traditions creating pots that converses in his very
own voice.
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