Mutsumi Ohashi Bizen-ware Kohiki Vase D

Mutsumi Ohashi, who has a studio in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, creates works that strongly bring out the characteristics of the clay.
The beauty of modern forms coexists with an untamed, rugged appearance.
It is in this coexistence that Ohashi's charm lies.

Ohashi uses both a wood-fired kiln, which she fires only a few times a year, and a kerosene kiln, which she uses daily, depending on the purpose.
She creates her works by going back and forth between processes, such as using the ash created in the wood-fired kiln as ash glaze and then firing it in the kerosene kiln.

This time, she is also attempting to re-fire works that were initially fired in the kerosene kiln, in the wood-fired kiln.
Each work, circling through the elements of earth, fire, and ash, returns to the flames once more.

The power emanating from the natural energy, and the quiet gaze confronting the materials and processes.
We hope you can feel the current work of Mutsumi Ohashi.

■Size: Diameter 5.5cm, Height 19cm, Opening 1.5cm
■Weight: Approx. 440g
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Born 1971
1994 Started pottery while still a student
1995 Graduated from Chuo University Faculty of Law
1996 Worked at Masuho Noborigama (climbing kiln)
2003 Built an anagama kiln and established a studio in Mukawa-cho, Yamanashi Prefecture
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