SHOJI HAMADA STUDIO ART POTTERY MASHIKO JAPANESE ART

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BEAUTIFUL SHOJI HAMADA POTTERY NO RESERVE(LET THE BIDDING DECIDE THE PRICE)VERY GOOD CONDITIONA GREAT CHANCE TO GET A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF ART SMALL RIM CHIP12 INCHES ROUND Shoji Hamada, A Living National Treasurein his time, was one of the most influential potters of the 20thcentury. He spent time working in Mashiko, Japan as well as St. Ives in England. Hamada was first interested in painting, but discarded it in favor of pottery, figuring, "Even a bad pot has some use, but with a bad painting t is nothing you can do with it except throw it away." Hamada did not receive his training through a traditional apprenticeship, but at the Tokyo Industrial College. He, along with his friends and colleagues including Bernard Leach and Soetsu Yanagi, was involved in spreading the Mingei philosophy and influence in studio pottery. In fact, over the course of his long career, Hamada became both the leading craftsman exponent of Yanagi's Mingei philosophy and, ironically, perhaps the world's most famous potter. Hamada's work was influenced by a wide variety of folk ceramics, including English medieval pottery, Okinawan stonewares and Korean pottery. His works were not merely copies of the styles he studied, but were unique products of his own creative energy. Hamada had no desire to become a folk potter, but his great respect for the artisan' read more

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