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Itazukuri Hanaire (板作り花入)
This is a Bizen ware vase which Mori-san has created.
Firing in the climbing kiln.
He stretched the clay to make a vase.
He opened three holes to characterize.
It became black carbonized with fallen ash that was made out of spilt log of red pine at the lower part.
Height : 19.8 cm
Diameter : 16.0 cm
It's been over fifty years since he started making Bizen-yaki. He thought up the idea of a twice baking method to bring out a changeable black color.