Tokoname Japanese Clay Teapots - Shaded Red and Black Tataki

 
 

Artist: Yoshiki
Strainer-style: Clay ball-strainer
Packaging: Paulownia wood box, artist signed and tied with signature ribbon

For this stunning teapot master craftsman Yoshiki creates a rhythmic, hand-hammered effect over the teapot, including the lid, knob and handle. This technique is known as tataki or ‘knocking on the surface of the clay,’ and it is one of Yashiki’s trademark effects. He fires the teapot using oxidation and reduction steps to create the areas of swirling black flashing on the teapot. These colors are created by the placement of his teapots in relation to the heat inside of his kiln, and the combination of red and black is powerful yet understated.