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En・tower  ( 2023 )

Left #1: H 240mm / W 150mm / D 60mm   -534g

Right #2: H 230mm / W155mm / D 60mm  -484g

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En・tower  ( 2023 ) #3

... Thank you! It's sold out! 

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Strange clay ( 2019 ) - Retouched with silver ( 2022 ) #1

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Strange clay ( 2019 ) - Retouched with silver ( 2022 ) #2

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Strange clay ( 2019 ) - Retouched with silver ( 2022 ) - image photo 

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Strange clay ( 2019 ) - Retouched with silver ( 2022 )

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Musubi ( 2020 )

When I see the thinly coiled strands of clay tightening and twisting around in my hands, they crack but are still able to hold their shape around each other like waves. I feel a powerful, beautiful and profound connection to the material from our mother earth.

Each piece of work for this series is inspired by natural form. I apply coiled clay carefully to show that each piece is supporting this aggregation.

I wish to extend the sense of beauty I feel from working with ceramics and use it to convey the power of nature through my work.

H:340mm x W:110mm

Throwing and Hand building, Original ion glaze, slip, transparent glaze, Original Matt white on the original clay mixed with local soil from Scotland

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Kaika ( 2020 )

When I see the thinly coiled strands of clay tightening and twisting around in my hands, they crack but are still able to hold their shape around each other like waves. I feel a powerful, beautiful and profound connection to the material from our mother earth. 

Each piece of work for this series is inspired by natural form. I apply coiled clay carefully to show that each piece is supporting this aggregation. 

I wish to extend the sense of beauty I feel from working with ceramics and use it to convey the power of nature through my work.

H:330mm x W:120mm

Throwing and Hand building, Original ion glaze, slip, transparent glaze, Makie technique with lacquer and gold powder

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My hand building workshop will be coming back! 

My handbuilding workshop will be coming back at Pantechnicon on 15th May! Let's make your own tea cup and celebrate national tea day together.   I'm so thrilled to run this workshop with @sayuriteas, the guests will be served  matcha and wagashi after the pottery session! All the pieces will be carefully glazed and fired @studiopotterylondon. Thanks for making this collaboration happen, our lovely curator @japan_kylie! It's sold out already but we're planning to have a few more seats available, there'll be another one coming up too so stay tuned! X https://www.pantechnicon.com/experience/p/make-your-own-tea-bowl-with-akiko-matsuda-for-national-tea-day

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My article is on Quartz Japan!

Quartz Japan連載のPortrait of MEにインタビューしていただきました. 内容は渡英してからのお仕事、出会い、生活、ロックダウン出産、子育てなどなど. 会員制のニュースメディアで、他の記事もとっても面白いです.ぜひのぞいてみてください︎! この機会に私のストーリーにライトを当ててくださったQuartz Japan様、楽しい撮影をしてくださった @nbk_613 そしてそしてきっかけを繋げてくれた @gurugurubrain ��謝です! 記事は下記のリンクからどうぞ。 https://qz.com/emails/quartz-japan/2155787/ I was interviewed by Quartz Japan! (it’s only in Japanese!) I talked about my work, life, parenting in UK etc. It was such a special moment to reflect on the journey I’ve had since I came here and to have had a chance to share it in an article to my dearest home Thank you so much for putting light on my story. And bring me a special connection! @kurumifukutsu @gurugurubrain @nbk_613 @qz @qzjapan Photo by @nbk_613

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Rebeat ( 2021 )  

この作品が、宿る植物の美しい緑を育む器として

そして隣り合う人との違いよりも、命があるからこそ感じることのできている様々な共通点を繋ぎ

祝福し合えるような空間を作り出すきっかけとなり佇むことができたらと考えます。

Photo by Tan Le ( tanle.co.uk )

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私はスコットランドはアンガス地域の鉄分の多いローカルの土をブレンドし、この陶作品を製作しました。

その後作品は2021年10月にオックスフォード大学が所有する穴窯で焼成されました。窯焚きは約3日に渡って行われ、表面の釉薬の色味は焼成時の灰が自然につもりできたものです。

のちに日本大使館企画の合同展 "ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" の合同展に参加し、大使館内ギャラリーに英国内60組を超える作家さんとともに展示していただく機会に恵まれました。

関わってくださった企画者、スタッフの皆様に感謝の意を表します。

"ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

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Rebeat ( 2022 )

Languages, cultures... It seems like I've become immersed in such a different world since I began this journey so far away from my home. But I've also come to realize that we also share many things in common throughout the world.  

I hope my work lives on as a piece of nature and helps people to celebrate the common things that we all have in our lives no matter where we are from or what lives we have lead... like our heartbeats.

Photo by Tan Le  (tanle.co.uk)

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I blended clay with iron-rich soil from the east coast of Scotland.  I then covered the pottery with natural ash left over from previous wood firing. The firing was a 65 hour process.

I'm very honoured to be a part of "ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London. Thank you so much for all the people who involved to make this exhibition happened. 

"ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

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Rebeat  ( 2022 )

Languages, cultures... It seems like I've become immersed in such a different world since I began this journey so far away from my home. But I've also come to realize that we also share many things in common throughout the world.  

I hope my work lives on as a piece of nature and helps people to celebrate the common things that we all have in our lives no matter where we are from or what lives we have lead... like our heartbeats.

Photo by Tan Le  (tanle.co.uk)

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"ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

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Rebeat  ( 2022 )

Languages, cultures... It seems like I've become immersed in such a different world since I began this journey so far away from my home. But I've also come to realize that we also share many things in common throughout the world.  

I hope my work lives on as a piece of nature and helps people to celebrate the common things that we all have in our lives no matter where we are from or what lives we have lead... like our heartbeats.

Photo by Tan Le  (tanle.co.uk)

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"ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

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Rebeat  ( 2022 ) 

Languages, cultures... It seems like I've become immersed in such a different world since I began this journey so far away from my home. But I've also come to realize that we also share many things in common throughout the world.  

I hope my work lives on as a piece of nature and helps people to celebrate the common things that we all have in our lives no matter where we are from or what lives we have lead... like our heartbeats.

Photo by Tan Le  (tanle.co.uk)

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"ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

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Exhibition at "ASH, EMBER, FLAME  a Japanese kiln in Oxford" in Embassy of Japan, London.

 All ceramics are produced in a special collaborative firing of the Oxford University’s wood-fired anagama kiln in Oxford. 

Date:10th Dec 2021 - 17th March 2022

Location:��Embassy of Japan 101-104 Piccadilly London W1J 7JT

Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-ash-ember-flame-a-japanese-kiln-in-oxford-tickets-222896688997

総勢60組以上のイギリス、ヨーロッパ各地の陶芸家達が参加し、オックスフォード大学が所有する穴窯で焼成された作品がロンドンの日本大使館のギャラリースペースに展示されます。

私は久しぶりに手びねりで製作した新作の彫刻作品で参加しております。この機会に声をかけていただき、穴窯焼成で新作を完成できたこと、本当にイギリスでのご縁に感謝です。

有名作家から子供の作品まで幅広いアーティストが同じ窯を焚く、同じ展示スペースに置く、陶芸の製作プロセスの楽しみを手に取りながらたくさんの人と共有して欲しいというキュレーターさんの企画のもとに実現、とてもオープンな展示会となっております。

近日作品の写真も掲載予定です。お近くの方はぜひお立ち寄りください。

会期: 2021年12月10日〜2022年3月17日

場所: 在英国日本大使館

チケット: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exhibition-ash-ember-flame-a-japanese-kiln-in-oxford-tickets-222896688997

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My hand building workshop will be coming up on August at Pan-Technicon, London. 

My hand building workshop will be coming up on 11th August @_pantechnicon. Let’s get our hands muddy and make something special this summer!🍵 I’m also holding a kids animal plant pot making workshop on 18th, kids can experiment with hand building, create their own pieces and decorate them using materials collected from nature🌿 @_pantechnicon と一緒に手捻りのワークショップを企画しました。大人と子供もみなさん手のひらと指先で思い切り土制作を楽しんでいただけますように！ https://www.pantechnicon.com/explore

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Plate 𝑫 (2020)W 133 - D133 - H20 (mm) 

£125

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