There are only waves in the ocean.
Year: 2025
Material/Technique: Terracotta, Mixed Media
Size: 30 × 30 × 5 cm
Edition: Unique
Signed:Included
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About the Work
- Year
- 2025
- Material/Technique
- Terracotta, Mixed Media
- Size
- 30 × 30 × 5 cm
- Edition
- Unique
- Signed
- Included
- Frame
- Not Included
- Work Certificate
- Included
- Distributor of artworks
- Sone Eriko
- Ship-from Area
- Not Set
- Days Until Dispatch
- Not Set
- Category
- Sculpture
Work Details
I like the poem “The North Sea.”
It's a poem that sings about a reality that can't be helped, yet it's strange that the more you read it, the more fantastic it is.
When I received the phrase “that wasn't a mermaid,” I came across myself wanting to think that no, it might be a mermaid.
Who is in the ocean
That's not a mermaid.
Who is in the ocean
Those are just waves.
Under the cloudy North Sea sky, the waves are peeling their teeth in places and cursing the sky.
I don't know when it will happen.
Who is in the ocean
That's not a mermaid.
There are only waves in the ocean.
Nakahara Chuya: North Sea/1935
Refute this poem with love.
I drew the tail fin of a mermaid (maybe) on the spine of the terracotta book.
Production method
It is terracotta made of unglazed clay.
Using the “homemade” technique without molding, the soil itself, which has been touched for a long time, is baked with time and thought.
The material changes in the fire, and although the clay loses its flexibility, it develops a beautiful color and smoothness. It's like death, it's like life, and it's also like a flow of time that never goes back.
For me, firing is not just a process; it's a very important concept and part of the work.
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Artist
sculptors
Born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in 1982
Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture in 2005
Completed the master's program in sculpture at Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts in 2007
Currently a sculptor and toy prototypist
When I was a kid, I fantasized about what was happening in a closed book.
After the story
/Burniness picked up in the corner of the library
Things that are formless but useful are still with me, and sometimes they become small lights, flexible bags, and sturdy shoes, giving me a little strength to face and understand reality.
Terracotta is unglazed clay, and it is in an imperfect state to be called pottery.
Its soft, warm, and dry appearance is very similar to a weathering fantasy.
For me, production is like throwing away memories I can't remember. It is the task of superimposing the present on a someday imaginary landscape and giving it an outline.
2026 Sone Eriko
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