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The 8th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan Awards

Bronze Award / Ceramics Arts Category

OBJECT NO.4

Name
[Country or Region]
Kamila Szczesna [U.S.A.]
Title OBJECT NO.4
Size(cm) D : 16.0×W : 25.0×H : 20.0

Comment

Keiji Ito  
The 8th International Ceramics Competition MINO, Japan
The judge of Ceramic Arts Category
Keiji Ito
Keiji Ito

An object created from a unique combination of materials – the upper section consisting of fabric and the lower section formed from clay. Both are dipped simultaneously in ceramic slurry, forming a thing coating on the outer surface.
I've never found so much humor in an abstract structure. Perhaps it's because I am Japanese … the shape reminded me of an octopus in a rather modified form. With nodisrespect to the artist intended, I feel a subtitle for the work could be “The Octopus Dance.”