PURE ANTIQUITY

When I fist saw this classical chawan named "100 Wells" on the box lid, all I could do was think about the pure antiquity that the surface and form exude, it could be old or new but the impact is the same. Thrown out a blended white stoneware, this form is as antique in execution as its predecessors and the archetype that acts as its foundation where the process is as meaningful as the art. Once thrown and tooled a thick, viscous slip was painted sparingly on this bowl in hakeme style using a brisk and stiff brush and over time in both the drying and firing process has cracked creating a vivid spectacle and textural tour de force for multiple senses. As with many chawan and pottery made by Kyoto native Kimura Morinobu his glazes are created from, rendered from various vegetation that he burns himself to create a large array of ash glazes practiced and perfected over a lifetime of creating pottery. In this case, the bowl is covered in a  mostly transparent glaze that is infused with areas, patches of white and light sky blue bring the appearance of floating clouds over the cracked and punctuated by iron spotting surface that presents an honest and humble bowl that is locked in a visual struggle between now and then.