All About Hara Kiyoshi

 Hara Kiyoshi is a Japanese ceramic artist. He was born in 1936 in Shimane which is a mountain area on the coast of western Honshu a small japan island. He was influenced by art as a child and becames interested in it during his early 20's. He found a passion and that was ceramic artwork. His culture mainly impacted him to do this type of artwork. He got a chance to throw on the wheel when he was accepted to Japan Koegi Assosiation where he could made art work and sell them. It was basically an art convention that's international. The pieces that he creates are traditional/cultural pieces. He is well known for his sculpture that has a deep iron glaze that symbolizes horses and birds. He has been awarded for this piece last year.

I really like this art piece that Kiyoshi made. He threw it on the wheel and made it look very clean. You can tell that he sand it down and had used underglaze for this piece with a think coat of shiny glaze. I have how he includes the painted cherry blossom tree to a whole new level by including it on the inside of the bowl. The painting design is very detailed, you can really tell that he took his time.