North American Art Glass

Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando

Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando
Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando

Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando

Artist bio - Nico Blando. Nico Blando is a U. Ceramic artist who splits his time between clay and the ocean-he also shapes surfboards.

His work often explores ancient vessel forms and heavy, atmospheric surfaces achieved through wood-firing. Work description - Wood-fired chawan. Hand-built/trimmed tea bowl with a cylindrical profile that swells toward the lip. The surface shows a thick deposit of natural fly ash and vitrified drips, yielding pumice-like texture and a palette from warm ash-white to olive and iron brown. Interior rim carries a stamped meander (Greek-key) band that catches ash and highlights the relief.

The lower body and kodai (foot) show exposed, iron-rich clay with areas of charcoal blush and glossy ash pooling. Fired in a wood kiln, the piece presents strong keshiki-crusty ash, patches of glass, and kiln-side "weathering"-that give it a rugged, wabi-sabi presence while still sitting securely in the hand for whisked tea. 4" wide by 3" tall. A chawan for a neanderthal duke.


Wood-fired Anagama Rugged Wabi-Sabi Chawan with Greek Motif by Nico Blando