Large Flower Vase by Giran Sagawa

This large flower vase was made by Giran Sagawa at his studio in Ibaraki, Japan.

It displays Sagawa’s handling of glaze and pattern, together with a hand crafted form.

The vase has a diameter of around 11cm, and is 25cm high.

It weighs around 1500g, and can hold about 1200ml of liquid when almost full.

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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