LIVELY ATTIRE

Illustrated is a rather impromptu photo of a vivid and animated nebula temmoku chawan by Kimura Moriyasu. The bowl, in transit as it were was sitting on the the chest when the sun very graciously decided to rake accross the chawan highlighting the running glaze, showing off the rich amber lip and multi-colored range of rivulets making their way down the bowl paying homage to heat and gravity.   

Thrown out of a crepe texturered buff clay, the form is simple, based on an archetype originated across the sea with a slight uneven wavering to the lip and a deep, almost profound well ending in a perfect mikomi. As straightforward as is the form, the surface is innovative and alive as the layers were first built up and then melted, comingled and ran down the bowl in short, controllable burst through what ends up looking like distinct bands of color surrounding the chawan. Though this photo was not staged, nor was permission asked for, this candid gives a good sense of what this Kimura Moriyasu chawan is really all about and like a perfect model, classic canvas clothed in expressive and lively attire.