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    Featured Artist

    Makoto Oki
    His beginnings a metal-carving designer add a unique sensibility to his techniques. His works harmoniously balance the warmth of traditional ceramics and the cool, novel textures of metal. In his pieces, you'll find bold colorings of silver, red, and gray along with exquisitely controlled glazing.

    Mizusaki Glass

    Hakusan Porcelain

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    February 27, 2025

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    “Since ancient times, making pottery has been a craft that links together the artists of the past and present. I want to cherish the fact that I am part of the present link of ceramic artists.” 


    -Akihiro Nikaido

    May 15th to 17th 2025

    Akihiro Nikaido had his own kiln in Mashiko. With this kiln, he started making black pottery called  sabi-ki using Mashiko clay. He used an oil kiln and polished the pottery with a whetstone, achieving the ultimate thinness with Mashiko clay, which is considered difficult to make thin.

    Nikaido’s white pottery is especially impressive. Based on his philosophy of which pottery that changes texture “grows”, Nikaido advocates a profound way of enjoying his pieces. 

    After an earthquake, he had previously given up his studio but recently moved to Shuzenji on the Izu peninsula.

    Since moving to Izu, Nikaido has kept innovating and evolving his craft. Most notably, he has started using a hybrid kiln that uses firewood in addition to an oil kiln.