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Washizome Kamon Ozara (和紙染花文大皿)
This is an Arita ware plate which Hidezumi-san has created.
He soaked traditional papers into blue paint called gosu, and expressed the petals pattern.
Enjoy watching the work, it has the beautiful indigo color shade.
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Height : 4.8 cm
Diameter : 28.8 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.