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Japanese-made pottery
The title is Haiyu Kaki (灰釉花器).

This is a vase created by Takemura Shigeo.

・Japanese Haiyu (ash glaze)
Ash glaze is an old ceramic technique that creates natural glass-like glazes from wood ash.
The feature is simple and gentle colors with flowing expression by using differents type of plant burnt ash.
Kiln transformation like the subtle changes peculiar to natural ash glaze occur, producing passionate colors.
There may be areas where the glaze is thickly accumulated, which is konwn as "vidro".

Takemura-san is a ceramist whose expert is making haiyu ceramic.

The ash used in the glaze was a unique blend.
It is made of cedar wood from which he has collected planks.
In the ash, the trace amounts of iron is leading to a mild blue-green color when being baked with a reducing flame.