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Vessel

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Hideaki Miyamura's years of experience and ardent experimentation have led to new ceramic forms and glazes that are unique to his work. In Vessel, Miyamura emphasized the work's surface by creating highly polished bands across areas of raw texture. The iridescent glaze, like those seen in Chinese ceramics during the Song dynasty a thousand years ago, creates a subtle color effect that reacts to the viewing angle and light sources present. Miyamura's glazes evoke organic and geologic forms such as soap bubbles, insect wings, or natural minerals, as well as celestial bodies and even the voids of space.
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"These glazes not only have a long and mysterious history . . . they also carry deep meaning in the art and philosophy of China as well as Japan." The artist, quoted in Ceramic Arts Daily, August 2010
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Artist
Hideaki Miyamura, born Niigata, Japan 1955
Date
2002
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist
Medium
glazed porcelain
Dimensions
20 x 9 7/8 in. (50.8 x 25.2 cm)
Type
Decorative Arts-Ceramic
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