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Washizome Kamon Ozara (和紙染花文大皿)
This is the Arita ware crafted by NAKAO, Hidezumi (中尾英純).
He soaked traditional papers into blue paint called gosu, and expressed the petals pattern.
Enjoy watching the work, it has the beautiful indigo color shade.
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Height : 4.8 cm
Diameter : 28.8 cm
He cuts water-absorbent Japanse washi paper to the proper size, place the paper on the bisque ware, and soak it with cobalt blue colour. Please enjoy the elegant overlapping patterns.