utsuwa heartful
2010.3.10-4.19 SFT GALLERY

Artists

Makoto ISHIDA (Matsuyama)

For this exhibition, ISHIDA has made rice bowls and plates with a rim for everyday use. He is known for white colored ceramics as like "Delft ceramics".

Atsushi OGATA (Nara)

OGATA uses many different types of clay, choosing what to make depending on what will best show off that type of clay. He has made rice bowls and plates with an earthy finish achieved by marking the clay with a brush.

Teppei ONO (Kochi)

ONO has made simple, authentic and easy to use teacups, rice bowls and plates with ametallic glaze intended for daily use.

Shin MURATA (Kyoto)

Inspired by Old Imari and Yi Dynasty ware, MURATA has made small plates and rice bowls with the beautiful, delicate raised patterns on the surface of the clay, for which he is best known.

Takuya YOKOYAMA (Gifu)

YOKOYAMA's plates, distinctive for their unique shape, are made using black clay covered with a layer of white clay.

Banri YOSHIOKA (Nara)

YOSHIOKA uses a metallic glaze or brush techniques.
For this exhibition, he has made bowls with colored patterns painted on to the surface.

Keiichi MIMATA (Sapporo)

Director of the oldest glass atelier in Hokkaido, MIMATA has made glasses for the exhibition in the style of the Taisho Era. The glasses that match best with Japanese ceramics are his most popular.

Hiroaki YAZAWA (Kamakura)

YAZAWA has made ｌacquerware bowls and plates with simple forms intended for daily use, the more you use them, the better fitted to your hands they become.

Exhibition Curator, Tomoo SHOKEN

Originally from Hokkaido, now living in Kamakura, SHOKEN is director of Utsuwa Shoken Gallery in Kamakura. She takes various themes such as 'for children', or 'rice' and creates ceramic exhibitions around each theme for the Gallery. In 2005 she published her first book and since then has been producing writing and photographs for subsequent publications. Her books will be available at the exhibition.

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