Yellow and Blue Vase

Katsumata Chieko Japanese

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Katsumata Chieko used Shigaraki clay for this work that was first bisque fired. Then she added color to the surface with solutions of kaolin clay tinted with metal oxides that she applied through a piece of cloth to avoid any trace of brushwork. Afterward she selectively removed portions of the layers of color by sanding. The multiple layers and repeated firings produced the weathered textured surface.

Yellow and Blue Vase, Katsumata Chieko (Japanese, born 1950), Shigaraki stoneware, Japan

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Yellow and Blue Vase, Katsumata Chieko (Japanese, born 1950), Shigaraki stoneware, Japan
Yellow and Blue Vase, Katsumata Chieko (Japanese, born 1950), Shigaraki stoneware, Japan

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