Caramel Glazed Bud Vase by Aya Kondo

Decorated using the icchin slip trailing technique, ceramist Aya Kondo say that the pattern work on this vase was inspired by foliage growing in her garden.  It is finished in her distinctive caramel coloured ‘ame yū’ glaze.  Each is made by individually by Aya Kondo at her studio in Kasama.

Size :10cm
Weight:180g
Capacity:150ml

About Aya Kondo

The work of Aya Kondo comes from a quiet obsession. A brief career as a public employee, and then time spent travelling in Asia led her eventually to pottery training in Mashiko. In 2001 in nearby Kasama, she established her own kiln, enveloped by nature. As the years pass, so has there been a gradual evolution in her style. A key element remains detailed arabesque patterning which she achieves hand painting slip using a dripper . More recently Kondo has added deep moss green, Oribe type glazes in a patchwork alongside her trademark sweet yellowish brown. An important figure in the Kasama pottery scene for most of the last twenty years, Aya Kondo's ceramics are a kind and refined presence in homes all around Japan.