A PROJECT BY KOICHI ONOZAWA
Layering distinct clays.
Polishing.
Applying lacquer.
Polishing once more.
Through this repetition,
a single surface emerges.
PHILOSOPHY
The present surface
rests upon layers of time.
Nature, cities, architecture, people, and objects.
Beneath what we see lies accumulated time.
TOURI expresses these quiet layers of time
in the form of a single vessel.
COLLECTION
Forms encompassing time.
PROCESS
Layering.
Coating.
Polishing.
Layering clay on porcelain, then firing.
Applying lacquer, then polishing again.
The traces are inherited by the next surface.
Bringing time to the surface.
With each polish,
the inner layers quietly emerge.
What is visible is the present.
Its surface rests upon layers of time.
FOUNDER
Koichi Onozawa
小野澤 弘一
Continuing to create with ceramics and lacquer. TOURI is a project that translates this ongoing exploration of "layers" and "time" into the form of vessels.
Biography
2008
Graduated from Tajimi City Pottery Design and Technical Center
2011
Established a studio in Tochigi
Recent
Holds solo exhibitions and workshops in Japan and abroad.
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