Sonic Arita Ware Piece Priced At 1 Million Yen In Run Of 50
The production itself is the story: a licensed character blue rendered in gosu by two Arita kilns, one handling 3D-printed modeling and the other the sometsuke painting, priced and capped at a level that treats the game character as a porcelain subject rather than merchandise.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Global porcelain brand YOYOYO will sell Sonic the Hedgehog Arita ware "Infinite Blue," limited to 50 pieces worldwide at 1 million yen each, tax included. Five pieces go on sale first come, first served at the Sonic exhibition at Ikebukuro PARCO starting October 9. Online lottery applications open the same day, with results emailed from late October.
The piece is made by two kilns from the Arita lineage. 224porcelain handles modeling, combining Hizen Yoshida ware tradition with 3D digital technology, including a mold made on a 3D printer. Risogama handles painting and finishing in sometsuke. The blue is gosu, the pigment the announcement calls unfading eternal blue, with the instant Sonic passes drawn as the shape of infinity in glossy red. The exhibition, SONIC the Exhibition -ACROSS GENERATIONS-, runs at Ikebukuro PARCO from October 9. Online lottery applications run October 9 at 10:00 to October 18 at 23:59, and winners must complete purchase within 7 days of notification.
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