I got to know Ryan on a hike up the California mountains to visit the ancient Bristlecone pines. Even though we were at a high altitude,...

Hidemi Kataoka / Shuuhou / Shuho picking out his latest batch from the small gas kiln. Both me and Hidemi is some of a sweet tooth so...

Listening to Bon-Sai when he talks about his unique approach to bonsai pottery. Standing on the street and peeking through the skylight...

Bigei - Hirata Atsumi Bigei with one of his collected bambu rods. He is noticeably surprised when he opens the door and see me standing...

Juko - Kuniaki Aiba Juko is silent and puzzling. I met him for the first time when there was a ”sake night” at the local restaurant....

Koyo - Kouichirou Aiba An old man is standing smiling in the door and greets me when I arrive. He gently guides me through the gallery...

IKKO - Ikko Watanabe Ikko belongs to one of the Tokoname potters who have decided to remove his range from the Tokoname catalog. He has...

Eimei - Hideaki Shimizu It's hard to interview Eimei without quickly getting into talking about his father. Eimei has managed to make a...

From 1900-1950 Tokoname ceramic industry had a boom. During this era there was hundreds of kilns beeing built and their chimneys dotted...

There are a few glazes that every Tokoname bonsai potter needs to have in his production if he is going to get orders from the...