Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com
Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com
Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com
Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com
Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com
Bifu Kimura - Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase - imprintspace.com

Tsurukubi Bizen ware Vase

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Unglazed tsurukubi Bizen ware vase, handcrafted with the sangiri technique. The piece is signed by the artist, Bifu Kimura, and packaged in a wooden box. The vase is beautiful with a single-stemmed flower, or alone as a display piece.

The making of...

With the sangiri (桟切り) technique, pieces placed on the outer edges of the kiln are buried in the ash. The surfaces covered by the charcoal are not exposed to the flame; the reaction of the iron in the clay to the carbon of the embers produces a distinctive bluish gray, dark grey, gray-black, or brownish black color.

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About Bifu Kimura

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Bifu Kimura is a 9th generation Bizen potter in Inbe, Japan. His work balances dynamic, clean shapes with the rough textures of the Bizen firing process. Today he leads Studio Kibido with his daughter Mizuho Kimura and her husband, Yosuke.


Bifu Kimura: A 9th Generation Potter Mastering the Way of the Shokunin

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