Interviewing Hosoi-san

Interviewing Obubu Artisans

Intern project by #207 Andreas Fuji (Denmark) I will be speaking about my Obubu project, which was interviewing the four artisans we collaborate with. These artisans are Toshi-san (mochi), Saito-san (pottery), Hosoi-san (hand rolling), and Ishida-san (wagashi). My project actually started out completely differently. I went through five other project ideas before I realized this […]

Pottery Of The Earth

Bio: Hozan Tanii, a third-generation potter based in Shigaraki, is recognized as one of the leading innovators of Shigaraki-yaki ceramics. Born in Nara Prefecture in 1953, he is the kiln master of Tanikan-gama (谷寛窯), a workshop originally founded by his grandfather in Shigaraki during the early Shōwa period (1926–1989). In 1995, he built Shio-gama, the […]