KE-5 (Recollected Vistas in Clay)

2011

Not on view

To make her ceramic slabs, Kishi Eiko crushes ten different pigments underfoot before kneading them with Shigaraki white clay. The Kyoto-based artist uses this kneaded clay to create precise forms whose surfaces she scrapes and carves to reveal the colored chamotte underneath. These delicate patterns appear as if they were stitched into the clay. Her forms range from large geometric objects to small covered vessels.

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岸英子作　砕石象嵌器　KE-5
Title: KE-5 (Recollected Vistas in Clay)
Artist: Kishi Eiko (Japanese, born 1948)
Period: Heisei period (1989–2019)
Date: 2011
Culture: Japan
Medium: Shigaraki stoneware with colored clay chamotte
Dimensions: H. 30 3/8 in. (77.2 cm); W. 23 3/8 in. (59.4 cm); D. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Gift of Halsey and Alice North, 2015
Object Number: 2015.442.4a–c
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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