HOSHINO KAYOKO (1949-) Objet with Natural Glaze and Silver Pigment Heisei era (1989-2019), 2015Important works of art from an American private collectionHOSHINO KAYOKO (1949-)Objet with Natural Glaze and Silver Pigment Heisei era (1989-2019), 2015The hand-built, pinched, and kneaded clay mixture sliced with wires and deeply striated, finished with droplets of silver glaze, the base with an impressed artist's markWood tomobako storage box inscribed Yakishime ginsai obujē (Objet with natural glaze and silver pigment) and signed and sealed Kayoko 14 3/8 x 17 3/8 x 9 1/4in (36.5 x 44 x 23.5cm)Hoshino views her practice as a "dialogue" between artist and clay in which she uncovers a basic ceramic form, then processes the material to create dramatic shapes inspired by the landscapes around her hillside home. She fires her works in a reducing (oxygen-starved) atmosphere that produces subdued colors offset by droplets of her signature silver glaze.