Sueharu Fukami Ceramics

1947 is a japanese ceramic artist and sculptor known for his work in greenish porcelain sei hakuji celadon.

Sueharu fukami ceramics.

Sueharu fukami 深見陶治 b. The delicate ceramic piece balances perfectly on three small wooden pedestals seemingly defying gravity and giving the feeling of floating. See more ideas about blue clay ceramics japanese ceramics. Ceramic arts and techniques blog.

This one of a kind elegant large piece by fukami sueharu arguably japan s most popular ceramic artist beautifully utilizes the pure bluish white celadon that is his signature color. While his elder brothers. Then as now in the area surrounding sennyu ji temple there were many potters workshops and fukami was surrounded by ceramics as a child. His father yoshiichi fukami ran a pottery business that made functional pots for day to day use.

In balance with light shadows reflections and contrast his works become whimsical pieces possessing both edge and placidity. The early ceramics of fukami sueharu from. April 1 to june 28 2003 where the ruth sherman lee institute for japanese art at the clark center 15770 tenth avenue hanford ca 93230 9533 tel. He was born in kyoto into a family with strong ceramic connections.

Fukami sueharu was born in 1947 in the sennyu ji temple area in higashiyama the eastern mountains of kyoto japan the sixth child after two boys and three girls.