崎山隆之 「聴涛」 陶彫微粒珪石釉炻器 平成期

Sakiyama Takayuki studied at Osaka University of the Arts under such pioneering ceramists as Yamada Hikaru and Hayashi Yasuo. Although in their own work his teachers focused on creating avant-garde ceramics, which ran counter to Sakiyama’s artistic inclinations, they equipped him with the basics of making vessels. To produce this large, rounded example, Sakiyama assembled quarter-inch-thick slabs of Shigaraki clay using slip, a clay slurry. He then patterned the exterior surface with cascading diagonal folds resembling waves. Between firings, he coated the
piece in keiseki, a quartzite-particle glaze, to impart a subtle sheen. In its swirling shape and glimmering finish, the object can be seen to evoke the dragon’s identity as a water god.