Friday, November 25, 2022
IRON TSUBO
Outfitted
in mostly iron with hints of whitish feldspar showing through here and there,
gravity plays a good role in the couture of this Oni-Shino ko-tsubo. Surrounded
by droozy, running tendrils of mixed natural ash and iron this small iron tsubo
was made by Tsukigata Nahiko and though clearly not a chaire, it is somewhat
close to that scale at around six inches or so in height. As you can see in
this photo this pot is covered, punctuated by speckles of iron rising to the
surface adding to the visual texture of colors and effects colliding to create
an ethereal sphere at home on a shelf or suspended in some distant and far off place.
The form is simple, perhaps reminiscent of its larger cousins with just the
right amount of movement accentuated by the throwing marks around the circumference of the pot with a distinct and determined foot and a mouth ringed
in blend of ash and iron. I guess in the scheme of things this is a small,
simple pot by Tsukigata Nahiko but the more you look the more there is to see
and that is always my expectation of his work and the myriad of all things
Oni-Shino.
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