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The stoneware sculpture captures form in dynamic motion while testing the limits of ceramic technique: its organic shape seems to defy gravity and solidify movement.

The stoneware sculpture captures form in dynamic motion while testing the limits of ceramic technique: its organic shape seems to defy gravity and solidify movement. The core is sand-glazed and covered with a matte white slip that is reminiscent of the color and texture of stalactites found in the limestone caves of Akiyoshi Plateau, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the artist was born

The stoneware sculpture captures form in dynamic motion while testing the limits of ceramic technique: its organic shape seems to defy gravity and solidify movement. The core is sand-glazed and covered with a matte white slip that is reminiscent of the color and texture of stalactites found in the limestone caves of Akiyoshi Plateau, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, where the artist was born

Artist page for Fujikasa Satoko. Includes biography, selected works, press, reading and associated exhibitions.

Japanese ceramics saw its beginnings some 12,000+ years ago during Japan's prehistoric Jomon period-and despite the medium's male-dominated centuries since, these early vessels were made by the hands of women.