One of two exquisite layered colored porcelain cups by Kitagawa Kazuki enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kasaneiro-me Meshiwan.The artist creates each piece individually by pouring liquified porcelain into a mold, swirling it around, allowing it to dry slightly, then pouring it out and adding another layer of differing color. After removing it from the mold and drying, each piece is hand etched to reveal the various layers of color in vibrant beams like sunlight through a rainbow. There is something very joyful about these works. The bowl is 10 cm (4 inches) diameter, 7.5 cm (3 inches) tall and in perfect condition, directly from the artist this summer.
Kitagawa Kazuki was born in Kyoto in 1991, and graduated the design department of Seika University in 2014 before moving for advanced studies at the Tajimi Municipal Ceramics Research Facility where he graduated in 2016. He now lives and works in Tajimi, and has developed several lines of intriguing pottery.
