Monday, June 19, 2023
PARAGON
Perhaps
a bit like a wandering solitary samurai, I really love the brooding, dark and
complex nature of this yohen style Hagi chawan which exudes character and
carries itself with its own defined purpose like a modern paragon. This chawan
was dug out of a hunk of clay, kuriniku style as if the form had been in the
earth since long before it was pulled from the earth to end up this form filled
with motion and a posture that is exceptionally enticing. Created, glazed and
fired by Kaneta Masanao the glaze surface is the result of years of experience
where a careful and wild blend of Hagi glaze, ash, intense heat and the
atmosphere conspired to create this gem of a chawan that certainly means as
much in the hand as it does to the eye. The combination of the bones of the pot
and the melting glaze makes for a dramatic and coordinated dance of movement,
animated through their combination and now locked away in a visual struggle
until such a time as the molecules and atoms of the piece drift away and the
bowl is no more. I can say that though I have seen quite a number of Kaneta
Masanao's chawan of all shapes , sizes and styles few are as evocative and
prescient regarding the future of Hagi and all of the vast possibilities locked
away inside the DNA and clay of those that work within the tradition.
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