This sculptural ceramic object is delicately handcrafted using both the coiling technique and pastillage. It has been inspired by the image of a cactus flower suddenly blooming and the traces of the wind across the desert.
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Kaori Kurihara
- Ceramicist
- Paris, France
- Rising Star
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At once realistic and dreamlike
- • Kaori creates her own nature through ceramics
- • She works the clay without using any geometric tracing tools
- • She was awarded Prix de la Jeune Création Métiers d’Arts 2015
“Form and order, such as in the Golden Ratio, speak to me and attract me visually. This beauty instills a sense of comfort, in how we fit in nature, and it is this feeling of comfort that I wish to represent and share.” In her series of poetic ceramics, Kaori Kurihara creates sculptures that are at once realistic and inspired by her magical imagination. Initially inspired by the durian fruit, she explores the shape of this Asian plant in her sculpting, “creating the shape by introducing an order from nature.” Kaori learned the art of ceramics at Seika University in Kyoto and pursued her education by studying jewellery making in France. Her wide-ranging field of knowledge allows her to subtly mix techniques, such as enamelling her very detailed ceramic sculptures.
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Embracing the desert breeze
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Photo: ©Kaori KURIHARA
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This sculptural ceramic object is carefully handcrafted using the coiling technique and pastillage. For this object, the artist was inspired by the image of “a certain plant that admired the appearance of a clown and tried to put it on itself.”
Photo: ©Kaori KURIHARA
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