Round Asabachi Bowl by Giran Sagawa

These asabachi style bowls were made by Giran Sagawa.  

Asabachi are shallow bowls, or high rimmed plates, depending on how you look at it. These are completed in ‘kakewake’ style colour blocks or slipware patterns.

As each piece is handmade, it is unique, a represents the moment of its creation.

Each is roughly 22 cm wide and 7cm high.

They weigh 360g.

About Giran Sagawa

One of the emerging generation of potters in the Kasama region, Giran Sagawa focuses his work on slipware. A style with history in the UK, Sagawa is part of a contemporary revival movement for slipware pottery in Japan. In this work he applies a careful geometry, and at times graffiti like influences. The outcome are ceramics which are thought-out and satisfying to use. He also makes a popular series of mugs, stable in their construction, and well-fitting to the hand. These are often patterned with striped blocks of colour which accords with a another recent trend in Japanese ceramics. Sagawa calls these earth colours, reflecting the controlled appearance of nature within his work.

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