Artwork that expresses warmthWe visited Kisaragi Gama, a studio in Morioka city where Yuichi Yukinoura makes his ceramics. Yukinoura studied at the faculty of education at Iwate University, majoring in math, but took art as his second major and studied ancient paintings such as Fresco painting. After graduation, he took a special arts course. After that he studied ceramics in Nopporo, Hokkaido. He did an apprenticeship for one year under an artist, and after moving to Iwate when he was 25 years old, he has been making ceramics with his wife. |
Using materials from IwateYukinoura told us, ”The true value of the ceramics is only apparent when they are being used.” . |
Nakata becomes absorbed in creatingYukinoura makes his pieces using various techniques such as a spinning wheel, hand building and molds. We got to challenge making ceramics using ”tatara” method. ”Tatara” method is a way of making the clay into a slab. It has a different difficulty from the spinning wheel where you make a form one lump of clay. |
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- Kisaragi Gama, Yuichi Yukinoura
- 1-2-36 Takamatsu, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture