Spring Snow 22H-2

Hoshino Satoru is an internationally acclaimed ceramic artist from Niigata, Japan. He has received numerous prestigious awards and is widely regarded as one of the foremost ceramic artists of his generation. He currently works from his studio in Shiga Prefecture, near Lake Biwa. His Spring Snow series captures the seasonal beauty of nature—particularly the delicate transition from winter to spring. These vessels evoke the subtle interplay of sunlight and moonlight glinting off pristine snow blanketing a rugged landscape. His mastery lies in the sculptural presence of his hand-built, pinched forms, which are distinguished not only by their scale but also by their richly layered glazes that lend each piece a striking visual depth. Spring Snow 22H-2 exemplifies this vision. The conical, tapering vessel is hand-built with finger-impressed, curving ridges that animate its surface. Formed from Shigaraki clay, it is coated in a thick glaze that turns matte white during firing. Soft blue accents emerge within the glaze, reminiscent of melting snow under the first rays of spring sunlight—hence the work’s title.