A striking sculpture in black clay by the young wave maker and rising female pottery star Takahashi Aoi enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled “FEMALE”. The organic form is covered in hundreds of black clay tendrils, each hand formed and individually applied by hand in a flowing pattern. It is 20.5 x 13 x 8.5 cm (8 x 5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches) and is in perfect condition, directly from the artist this winter.
Takahashi Aoi was born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1999, and graduated the University of Tsukuba Craft Department in 2022, before enrolling in the Tajimi Pottery Design Technical Institute, graduating from advanced studies there in 2025.Her work has been featured in New Wind - Design and Expression at the Nagoya Takashimaya in 2023, and Nipponbashi Tokyo Takashimaya in 2024. She was selected as a finalist at the Taiwan Ceramics Biennale at the Yingge Ceramics Museum in Taipei in 2024.
