Wada Kazufumi Premium Matcha Bowl - Kiseto / 和田和文作 抹茶碗 黄瀬戸 lamp Yutaka Ono / 小野 穣

Yutaka Ono / 小野 穣 (b

9 cm height

Made from iron-rich red clay and fired at 1100°C

The pendant at his chest is inscribed with a motif representing the rebirth of the soul

Wada Kazufumi Premium Matcha Bowl - Kiseto / 和田和文作 抹茶碗 黄瀬戸 lamp Yutaka Ono / 小野 穣When we visited Wada Kazufumi() at his kiln( Keizan Kiln) in Toki City, he told us something that has stayed with us. Many ceramic artists working today are technically skilled, he said. Fewer compound their own glazes. Some simply purchase theirs ready made a convenience that, to his mind, removes the potter from the very heart of the craft. Ceramics, for Wada san, is not assembly. It is inquiry: into the clay, into the fire, into the materials that