{"product_id":"kakl-shib-008","title":"Blue ceramic striped pattern bowl","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blue between sky and ink — \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZōgan-sometsuke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bowl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis bowl is the work of \u003cb\u003eRyozo Shibata\u003c\/b\u003e, a Kyoto-based ceramicist whose practice is rooted in deep and patient research. As a student, he immersed himself in the study of underglaze painting techniques from Ming dynasty Chinese kilns — ceramics of unparalleled refinement in the history of art. Rather than reproducing them, however, he sought to go further: to find a language entirely his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrom this search was born his technique, which he calls \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ezōgan-sometsuke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e — literally, \u003cb\u003e\"inlaid blue-and-white decoration\"\u003c\/b\u003e. An entirely original method, the fruit of many years of research and experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe process begins with incision: Shibata traces lines into the raw clay with a needle, with extreme precision. Into each groove thus carved, he deposits his blue pigment — \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShibata Gosu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e: a cobalt blue he prepares himself, according to a formula carefully refined over many years. This \u003ci\u003egosu\u003c\/i\u003e — a pigment used in ceramics since ancient times — takes on a particular depth and vibrancy in his hands, somewhere between a night sky and Chinese ink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhere brushwork would leave slightly softened edges, the direct inlay into the clay produces lines of a \u003cb\u003esharpness and sophistication\u003c\/b\u003e that the brush alone cannot achieve. To these precise lines are added \u003cb\u003ecolor fields applied by dyeing with \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewashi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e — traditional Japanese paper — which bring soft, veiled surfaces, as though suffused with light. It is the meeting of these two registers — the incised line, sharp and modern, and the diffused color, airy and poetic — that creates the \u003cb\u003eexpressive transparency and depth\u003c\/b\u003e characteristic of Shibata's work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis bowl has been recognized at the highest level: a similar work by Shibata was acquired by the \u003cb\u003eImperial Household Agency of Japan\u003c\/b\u003e. His pieces are also held in the permanent collections of Kyoto City University of Arts and the Embassy of Japan in Australia. He has presented his technique at Harvard University's \u003cb\u003eceramics department\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis bowl can hold fruit or food, or simply rest as a sculpture on a surface. Depending on the angle and the light, the translucent white of the glaze and the deep blue of the inlaid lines reveal themselves differently, offering a work that changes with the eye that rests upon it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e W 19.5 cm × D 19.5 cm × H 10 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/b\u003e Ceramic, \u003ci\u003ezōgan-sometsuke\u003c\/i\u003e technique — lines inlaid with Shibata Gosu (cobalt), color fields applied with \u003ci\u003ewashi\u003c\/i\u003e paper \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryozo Shibata \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShipped from Kyoto, Japan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ryozo Shibata","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692627726441,"sku":"KAKL-SHIB_008","price":243.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/1600\/2665\/files\/shibata_08_001_d362f158-3c28-4cd8-a59e-1525cf82d9e7.jpg?v=1763543325","url":"https:\/\/www.lifewithkogei.jp\/en\/products\/kakl-shib-008","provider":"Life with Kogei","version":"1.0","type":"link"}