KOFUKI

I would be hard pressed to think that if you like kohiki style pottery that the work of Takahashi Samon wouldn't be front and center on a want list. Takahashi has dedicated his career to working with a number of different slip creating these cracked, dessicated and highly textural backdrop over which a semi-translucent or clear-ish glaze is used to either highlight or soften the narrative used on three dimensional forms.       

This kofuki style guinomi is a classic form and surface used by Takahashi Samon where the near perfect proportions bely the size presenting itself as a chawan in miniature which makes the piece all the more engaging. The hints of beige, cream, white, grey and black are all softened a bit by the glaze used which has large swaths of mirco-bubbles trapped presenting a slightly hazy appearance. This kofuki guinomi is very typical of Takahashi Samon's work and if you like "slipware", it doesn't matter what you call it, kofuki or kohiki, this potter has added decades worth of additions to a tradition that stems from ancient Korea to modern day Japan.