Beginning with the southern Japanese island of Kyushu are a group of Takatori ceramics. The works are the product of the current head of the Takatori family and his son, originally Korean potters who have lived in Kyushu for 14 generations. The ceramics are made at the wheel using local clay and natural glazes and fired in a Norobigama wood fired kiln.
Also from Kyushu, where her family traded …
Also from Kyushu, where her family traded in ceramics, is London-based ceramicist Kaori Tatebayashi. Her hand made flowers are modelled directly from nature and show an incredible skill to translate nature into clay, rendering how things look …
