Hitomi Hosono has created these truly beautiful porcelain ceramics as part of this year’s Jerwood Makers Open. Now in its fourth year, the Jerwood Makers Open recognises rising stars in the world of applied arts. It offers crucial support in the early stages of their careers, providing five or six designers with £7,500 each. This year it went to ceramicists Hitomi Hosono and Matthew Raw, artists Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, glass artist Shelley James and FleaFollyArchitects.
Hitomi Hosono, whose work is shown here, is fascinated by the intricacy of botanical forms; the veins of a leaf, the shape of its edges and the layering of a flower’s petals. She studies plants and leaves in microscopic detail before transforming the forms into delicate porcelain sculptures. For the Jerwood commission Hosono has produced bright tropical colours, where previously her work maintained a natural porcelain colour.
She experimented with pigments and oxides to create a family of natural forms that take inspiration from the foliage of the South Pacific Islands, in particular banana leaves, mangrove, hibiscus and yellow and orange corals.
The resulting work is currently on show in south London’s Jerwood Space until 31 August.
Bottom two images: Hitomi Hosono in her studio, rest are my own, cover image: thisistomorrow.info
