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Sekisai Tsubo (石彩壺)
This is a Kyoto ware jar which Itoi-san has created.
White stones visible outside are things which are picked in the mountains and Itoi smashed them.
He pasted them on the surface by special method, then transferred to firing process.
He made the ceramic with clay, and it looks like stone sculpture.
Height : 31.5 cm
Diameter : 20 cm
Diameter : 18.5 cm
He uses the special plant-blended ash that has been researched for glaze. The works pursue the thing with wonderful shape and color born from nature.