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.