On a hakeme bowl, white slip is brushed over the body and the movement of the brush is left visible as the decoration. Variation in the thickness of the slip and the energy of the strokes create movement across the surface, holding plainness and force together. It accords with the wabi preference for the maker's traces over a too-finished beauty.
History
The technique originates in the decoration of Joseon buncheong ware, where white slip was applied to make an iron-rich dark body appear white. In Japan it was taken up at Karatsu and Satsuma, producing hakeme-Karatsu among others. Against the composed regularity of an Ido bowl, its expression is freer and more clay-forward.
Types
Differences in how the slip is applied produce a continuous range of appearance, from sparse strokes leaving much of the body visible to a nearly full covering.
In practice
Its informality suits lessons and lighter gatherings, and the visible gesture of the brush pairs well with themes concerned with the hand of the maker.
Sources
- 刷毛目（日本大百科全書） / コトバンク
Supports: 刷毛目が「白泥を刷毛で塗り、透明釉をかけて焼き上げたもので、刷毛跡がみえる」技法であること。朝鮮李朝時代に創始され、日本では16世紀に取り上げられて刷毛目茶碗として珍重されたこと
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