Kakera 47

Artist: Takayuki Watanabe
material: Soil (wooden box/box writing)
Size: 90 x 80 x 65mm
"kakera" 2020 ,Soil
*The work has the coordinates of the place where the soil was collected
*Comes with a wooden box made by Takayuki Watanabe
Item Number: TWK47

From the works exhibited at the solo exhibition " Earth collection 2020 " held at GALLERY crossing in 2020 . A shape created by applying a knife to a lump of soil collected (picked up) on the roadside. By adding the energy of fire, the soil becomes "pottery" and changes in color and texture appear. Over the years, the rocks have turned into dirt, and they have fallen to the side of the road. piece of earth.

Earth Collection 2020 by Takayuki Watanabe, a ceramic artist who lives in the mountains of Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture and lives while doing "pottery". All of these, named "Kakera", "Nohara", and "Hollow", are made by collecting and reconstructing a part of the earth.
Exhibited at GALLERY crossing in June 2020