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INK RESIST DECORATIONS
Description
Ink resist (sumihajiki) techniques developed in the seventeenth century as a method for reserving white spaces in designs on Nabeshima ware, a type of high-quality gift porcelain fired in the Saga Nabeshima domain’s official kilns. Sumi ink is used to paint designs on the vessel, over which colored pigments are then applied. The ink, which contains animal glue, repels the water in the pigment, preventing it from adhering to the body of the piece. When the vessel is bisque fired, the ink evaporates, leaving behind white designs in its place.
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Reference: Nihon Kōgeikai Higashi Nihon Shibu (Japan Kōgei Association Eastern Branch), ed., Dentō kōgei-tte nani? – miru, shiru, tanoshimu gaido bukku (What Are Traditional Crafts? –A Guidebook to Seeing, Learning, and Enjoying). Unsodo, 2013.