TO VIEW LARGER Click on a photograph.
Washizome Sakuramon Shuki Set (和紙染桜文酒器セット)
This is an Arita ware cup which Hidezumi-san has created.
He attached pieces of traditional papers to the body and expressed the cherry petals pattern.
"Sakura" is one of the flowers that represent Japan, so it's great as a gift in all seasons.
This is a set of one bottle and two cups (Bottle 1 pc, cup 2 pcs).
Washizome technique :
Tearing absorbent paper called washi to pieces.
Making such papers layers to produce the pattern while giving out color gradation.
Sake Bottle :
Height : 12.1 cm
Diameter : 8.5 cm
Sake Cup :
Height : 4.9 cm
Diameter : 5.2 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.