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Hagi Guinomi (萩ぐい呑)
This is a Hagi ware cup which Okada-san has created.
He combined the white glaze with the ashes glaze containing less iron and that has become a shade of white.
The quality called "tsuchiaji" is soft, deep sense of touch like texture.
And "warikodai", split foot, is one of the traditional design and the pattern like coarce texture appears.
Height : 5.0 cm
Diameter : 6.0 cm
Yasushi-san has majored in sculpture at the Tokyo Zokei University. He grew up in the traditional Hagi ware pottery, then he simply creates a new trend in ceramic art.