One of the more unique artists working in Japan today, Tomonari Hashimoto became known from a young age for his distinctively colourful and iridescent surfaces. He hand-builds geometric forms which are then bisque-fired. Once glazed they are then re-fired, but at a higher temperature. Then, a final low-firing takes place: he custom builds a kiln for each piece, surrounding his sculptures with stacks of fire bricks. 

The temperature is raised slowly until a key point when Hashimoto smothers the object with buckwheat husks. Much like the raku process common in the west, the organic matter reacts with the metal oxides in the glaze. And the results are spectacular. 

Hashimoto creates pieces that come from another world. His surfaces glisten and morph as both the light changes and you move around his objects. They have a magic that hypnotizes. Like any great artwork, you are invited to slow down and look - multiple times - with pure attention. 

Hashimoto Tomonari was a finalist for the LOEWE Craft Prize in 2019, one of the youngest in the award’s history. Since then his work has been collected by the Victoria and Albert Museum, Los Angeles County Museum, LOEWE Foundation, and the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka.

Comes with the signed, stamped, and titled wood box.