Wind

Kohyama Yasuhisa Japanese

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Wind is a striking example of Kohyama Yasuhisa’s Shigaraki-clay work, which he coil-builds, sculpts, and carves using steel wires. The natural ash surface and edges highlight the rough clay and suggest an eroding desert rock. He fires his works for about a week at more than 2350 degrees Fahrenheit. That produces the admired orange-brown color associated with Shigaraki ware, but Kohyama often goes further, firing one or two more times to produce an austere grayish surface.

Wind, Kohyama Yasuhisa (Japanese, born 1936), Stoneware, Shigaraki clay with natural ash glaze, Japan

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Wind, Kohyama Yasuhisa (Japanese, born 1936), Stoneware, Shigaraki clay with natural ash glaze, Japan
Wind, Kohyama Yasuhisa (Japanese, born 1936), Stoneware, Shigaraki clay with natural ash glaze, Japan

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