Hiruma Kazuyo (b. 1947)’s extraordinary ceramic practice has an intricate process through which the material is bent to her will. She makes her own mixtures, using different colors for different...
Hiruma Kazuyo (b. 1947)’s extraordinary ceramic practice has an intricate process through which the material is bent to her will. She makes her own mixtures, using different colors for different effects from skin tones to dry grays and conveys a sense of the passage of geological time by applying multiple, thin layers of heat-resistant clay that present a wavelike appearance when they’re eventually glazed and fired, several times.