White Porcelain Bowl with Water and Ice Design
- Ceramics
- Presented in 2019
- Sold Out
"Frozen Water" in the title means the movement of water turning into ice and ice turning into water.
I thought of using the frozen water patterns to take advantage of the characteristics of the porcelain material, and from the thought that I was making my artwork in a snowy area, Hokkaido. In this series, I used icicles as the motif and tried to make a sharper and new form.
Icicles become fatter and longer as water slides down the surface in the cold, and small bumps and dips like bamboo knots are formed. In this piece, I didn't express the melting ice, but used icicles freezing and becoming longer as the motif.
| Category | Ceramics |
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| Year Presented | 2019 |
| Materials | Porcelain clay |
| Exhibition | The 59th East Japan Traditional Kōgei Exhibition |
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White porcelain
White porcelain is made from a pale clay of pulverized pottery stone coated in a transparent glaze. Porcelain from China’s Song dynasty is especially famous. Japanese production began in the early seventeenth century in Arita on the island of Kyushu. White porcelain is frequently used as a base for overglaze enamels (iro-e) and blue-and-white (sometsuke) ware.
Tomohiro Kitagawa
Mainly producing white porcelain and tohakuji (pale pink porcelain). I use motifs of natural phenomenons that can be seen in the winter in Hokkaido such as icicles, ice and snow to create cooler and sharper designs. I try to make pieces with soft and warm designs using the technique I named tohakuji, which is inlaying metal on a white porcelain base. After firing, the inlayed metal and glaze create a gray-pink color.