*Hitomi Hosono (Japanese

*Hitomi Hosono (Japanese, b. 1978)

A Kaze and Hawthorn Bowl

Signed on the base

Moulded, carved and hand-built porcelain with an interior of dancing sprigs, 2020

13cm high x 15cm diameter

This lot is subject to VAT on the hammer price.

"I receive inspiration from greenery in East London. Often when rambling with my friend I discover interesting plants; touching them to feel the texture and to examine the structure.

First, I design a leaf or flower sprig by studying organic botanical forms. I analyse the plant forms by looking, touching, and drawing. I examine how the veins of a leaf branch and how its edges are shaped. After the completion of original sprig models and the plaster moulds, I press-mould hundreds of leaf sprigs in porcelain and carefully and patiently carve the finer details. I then apply the porcelain leaves in layers onto a form thrown on a potter's wheel. I apply the leaves so densely that the underlying shape is entirely hidden, like the multitude of green leaves, which obscure the branches of a tree.

It is my intention to transfer the leaf's beauty and detail into my ceramic work, using it as my own language to weave new stories for objects."