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　 I started making pottery due to my long-standing admiration for "Minto", a form of Japanese folk pottery, which includes teacups and rice bowls.
　As an apprentice under a Koishiwara-Yaki pottery in Fukuoka, I spent two years to learn how to use potter's wheels, to glaze pottery, put it into the kiln, and bake it. When I was in Koishiwara, I also learned how to plant and harvest rice.
　While working on clay, I became interested in creating objects from formless masses of clay using only my hands. Those objects were dishes for daily use and figurative objects.
　As I have acquired experience in pottery making at Koishiwara, Kyoto and then Italy, my view that “Pottery is just dishes!” has changed as time goes by. I feel that it has liberated me from my old mindset. Now that my view of pottery is no longer limited, I ask myself: “What other things can I make?”
　 I think the reason why I could have made dishes for daily use and figurative objects at the same time would be due to the history of my career including my experience in Koishiwara, Fukuoka and Faenza, Italy.

Yamako-gama   Koichi YAMAMOYO

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