Great globby gouts of shiny cerulean blue glaze slump and slide in an arrested, fused avalanche on a bare red column that’s taller than me. Something like a turd nestles on top of a misshapen, pistachio-coloured cupcake, and gold and red tears pattern a wonky blue shape that’s grown like fungus from the floor. Blackish congealed lumps of goo erupt through a golden glaze, and burst out through dense ultramarine. The whole thing’s like a giant melting sundae, or one of those forms you might find next to a deep-sea vent where life should be impossible. All these startling, ravishing creations are by Hiroshima-born Takuro Kuwata, their surface treatment developed from the glazes and techniques employed to decorate the humble bowls used in the Japanese tea ceremony.
