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Washizome Usagimon Shuki (和紙染兎文酒器)
This is an Arita ware cup which Hidezumi-san has created.
He outlined the rabbits in white color and surrounded by indigo gradation-dyed papers around it.
This is a set of one bottle and two cups (Bottle 1 pc, Cup 2 pcs).
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent papers called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation. .
Bottle :
Height : 12.5 cm
Diameter : 10 cm
Gulp :
Height : 4 cm
Diameter : 6 cm
He cuts water-absorbent Japanese washi to the proper size, places the paper on unglazed pottery, and soaks it with cobalt blue color. The works affect us with a soft impression.