Mosaic Vessel

Mosaic Vessel belongs to the eponymous series that Masaomi Yasunaga has been developing since 2023.  Yasunaga — unlike traditional ceramics, which begin with clay — uses glaze as his primary building material. His forms are buried in strata of sand or kaolin for firing, then excavated in a process akin to archaeological discovery. In Mosaic Vessel, handmade tiles are embedded into the surface of the form, reinforcing the impression of an object from a fantasised Antiquity — simultaneously primitive and contemporary. The artist himself describes these forms as containers capable of 'protecting and preserving what is essential to life'.