How one artist spent a year crafting a single ceramic bowl
In short: Ceramicist Hosono Hitomi creates intricate, nature-inspired sculptures that blur the line between porcelain and living flora. This film explores her creative process, revealing how she synthesizes memories of her Japanese upbringing with her current life in London to produce works held in the British Museum collection.
Hitomi’s 'Large Feather Leaves Bowl' is a centerpiece of the British Museum's Japanese collection. The piece is defined by its extreme detail, featuring 1,000 individually crafted leaves that appear to move as if caught in a breeze. The creation of this single work required a full year of labor.
Her artistic perspective is shaped by her background in Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, where she grew up near her mother’s garden and family rice fields. Her formal training spans the Kanazawa College of Art, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and London’s Royal College of Art, reflecting a global synthesis of technique and natural observation.
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