Kayabuki Kobo
Artist’s Statement
We strive to get a younger demographic interested in collecting.
Biography
A cross cultural collaboration in porcelain.
In July 2017 Kayabuki Kobo came into being with the collaborative partnership of Johanna DeMaine and Tatsuya Tsutsui. Kayabuki Kobo is based in both Meringandan West and Morai, Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
They were invited to do a presentation entitled Fusion: A blend of East and West: Traditional and contemporary at TIEMPO 4 ALL: 1st INTERCULTURAL FESTIVAL THROUGH THE ARTS at Saga University late September 2017. This was done under the brand of Jiyu Kobo. However in a later check on the internet it was discovered that name was already being used by a studio in Tokyo. It was then decided to use Kayabuki Kobo as the name.
KK literally translates as Thatch Roof Studio. We live and work in an old thatched roof farmhouse in Morai.
This brand aims to cater for the middle road with tea ware.
Influences
Life.
Exhibitions
2022 Feature artists for popup show in the Caloundra Regional Gallery
2022 Demonstrators and exhibiting at Clay Gulgong
2020 Sublime Reality, Art on Cairncross, Maleny
2020 Caloundra Regional Gallery
2019 Gladstone Regional Gallery and Art Museum
Showing all 6 artworks
Kayabuki Kobo
Dancing Cranes
15.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm porcelain, bespoke decals, raised enamel, gold Sold
Kayabuki Kobo
Nuinoike landscape
15.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm porcelain, bespoke decals, raised enamel, gold $150.00
Kayabuki Kobo
Inuyama
15.5 x 15.5 x 2.5 cm Porcelain, bespoke decals, raised enamel, gold, $150.00
Kayabuki Kobo
In the landscape
17 x 17 x 4 cm porcelain, bespoke decals, raised enamel, gold $225.00
Kayabuki Kobo
Chawan, lotus collection
7.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm Porcelain, bespoke decals, raised enamel, gold, $125.00