IMPACT II

Quite some time back I put up a post entitled IMPACT showing off the velocity and ferocity on a large Shigaraki tsubo and promptly forgot about putting up an overall of the pot until now. This large and very well fired Shigaraki tsubo was made by Takahashi Shunsai using the coil and throw method and honestly has the presence of a pot much older that it is as if it finds its origins in the simple and direct Sue wares that proceeded many of the modern rokkoyo, the six ancient kilns. It is rather obvious what direction this tsubo was facing in the kiln and the wonderful tendrils of one time liquid ash try their best to reach around the fullness of the form but fall short yet paint a wonderful narrative of their efforts. With the front 60% covered in ash and the remainder in a rich, wet hi-iro, the pot has a stellar sense of softness and movement that makes for a rather captivating use of volume and space that can be broken down in to honesty and simplicity and letting the firing speak as loudly as the undecorated form.