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Ikuko Iwamoto’s ceramic works are influenced by the microscopic world. She aims to bring its organic chaos, intensity, intricacy and fragility to the things we use every day without losing their function.

Her exquisite cups and other functional objects suggest everyday usage – perhaps intended for a bizarre tea ceremony – but their form and appearance is extraordinary. They are the vehicle to make visible an invisible mathematical pattern and organic chaos of beauty and repulsion. Ikuko studied crafts ceramic history at Tezukayama college in Japan. Her practice involved making rather large-sized ceramic sculpture pieces. She went on to study Ceramic and Glass at royal college of Art, where she experienced an Inclusive Design project working with partially sighted people. During this she discovered the user's enjoyment of touching tactile functional pieces, and she also found that making everyday things, such as cups, vases and lights offered a direct communication with her audience. Since then she has been making small functional pieces that also develop her theme of 'extraordinariness'. Ikuko Iwamoto has attracted several commissions and awards including the DBA Inclusive Design competition trophy (2008), Crafts Council Development Award (2008); and the clerkenwell Award (2006). She has exhibited widely and has been included in Ceramic Art London '09, Origin...

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