Infinity

The highly ornate and affluent design of Tomita’s ceramics puts them at a distance from other traditionally elementary Japanese work in her field — the artist highly influenced by Islamic architecture and pattern after contact in Portugal at a young age. ‘Infinity’ fuses two baubles, their exterior furnished with a delicately tuned barnacle embellishment that recall organic patterns - the depth of their profile raised with careful application of traditional “iro-e” coloured enamel, and gold decoration added at the final stage of production.