{"product_id":"organic-kakehana-wall-vase-ー加古-勝己-掛花入-風刻","title":"Organic Kakehana Wall Vase ー加古 勝己 “掛花入 風刻”","description":"\u003cp\u003eA wall-mounted kakehana by Kako Katsumi, enclosed in the original signed wooden box created in 2024 and titled Fūkoku, presents a more compact and volumetric interpretation of his circular forms. Unlike the broader, ring-like examples, this work gathers itself into a softly asymmetrical, domed body that projects outward from the wall with a quiet, organic presence like a birds nest. The surface is richly animated with Kako’s characteristic incised patterning: a flowing network of interlocking, curvilinear motifs carved with precision and filled with a restrained yet resonant palette of iron-red, ochre, muted green, and earthen brown. The incised lines remain visible as fine dark tracings, giving structure to the composition while allowing the colors to settle into the granular clay body. The texture is notably tactile—dry, almost sandy—absorbing light rather than reflecting it, and reinforcing the elemental sensibility. A single, slightly angled aperture opens near the upper edge, its lip left subtly irregular. This opening activates the piece in use: when mounted, a solitary stem emerges from the form at a gentle incline, countering the grounded weight of the body with a quiet upward gesture. The vessel thus operates as both object and event—its mass anchoring the wall, its opening releasing a moment of growth. Measuring 21 x 17.5 x 9.5 cm (8-1\/2 x 7 x 4 inches) it is in perfect condition, directly from the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKako Katsumi was born in Kyoto in 1965, and graduated the ceramics department of Saga Art College in 1986. He was selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition, the Asahi Ceramic Art Exhibition and the Kyoten held at the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in 1988, followed in 1989 by the National Ceramic Art Exhibition and Mino International Ceramics Exhibition.  He has since exhibited and or been selected\/ awarded many times at these prestigious events. He established his kiln in Nishiwaki City in 1991. In 1994 he worked in Melbourne. Australia, and would create a second kiln in 2001.  In 2004 he would be awarded the Prize of Excellence at the Tanabe Museum of Art Modern Tea Forms exhibition.  In 2005 he established his current kiln in Sasayama, Hyogo prefecture. In 2009 his work was featured at the Kikuchi Biennale Exhibition and the following year was awarded at the 4th Contemporary Tea Bowls Exhibition, and in 2011 was selected for the influential Paramita Ceramic Exhibition. 2013 saw him in New York, and 2014 at the Museum of Ceramic Art in Hyogo (Kobe).   Held in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kako Katsumi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50755330212087,"sku":"MC1551","price":80100.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/7472\/3063\/files\/2026-03-1815.42.31_2.jpg?v=1778289055","url":"https:\/\/kuramonzen.com\/ja\/products\/organic-kakehana-wall-vase-%e3%83%bc%e5%8a%a0%e5%8f%a4-%e5%8b%9d%e5%b7%b1-%e6%8e%9b%e8%8a%b1%e5%85%a5-%e9%a2%a8%e5%88%bb","provider":"Kura Monzen Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}