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Yumiko Katsuya: Lidded Container – Royal Blue

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Description

Yumiko Katsuya’s work is exquisite in beauty and is described as having a peaceful quality to them. With a passion for creating functional art wares, Yumiko creates each piece with utmost care and utilizes a crystalline glaze on the surface of her works. Fired at a high temperature, the glaze forms crystal-like formations which pool on the surface, giving the surface an ethereal quality. Both decorative and functional, each piece is hand made and will have slightly vary in colour, pattern, size and weight.

Care & Use: All pieces are liquid safe and are to be washed by hand

Material: White clay and crystalline glaze.

Measurement (in.): D4.72 x H6.3

Weight (oz.): 1lb 11.2oz

SKU: 491299

About The Artist

Yumiko Katsuya

Born in Japan, Yumiko Katsuya became a Canadian resident in 1971.  She started pottery in 1983 when she joined the Hill Potters Guild in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Many of her works continue to be on display in their permanent collection.  She is also a past member of the Toronto Potters from 2005 to 2015, and moved to Ottawa joining the Ottawa Guild of Potters in 2016. Yumiko has several awards including the Juror’s Choice Awards at the Hill Potters Guild Show in Richmond Hill, People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Potters Show and the Karen Latorre Award at the Toronto Potters Biennial Exhibition at the Gardiner Museum, Toronto. Recently Yumiko announced her retirement after 41 years in clay.  We thank her efforts and dedication to the ceramic community.  View her last collection online.

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