MONO-SOLUM 104 -Takashi Takahara-

・mono_ piece Potter

Takahara Takushi

A ceramic artist based in Bizen, Okayama. He studied ceramics in Kyoto and studied under his father, a Bizen ware artist. He has been selected for the Tea Ceremony Design Exhibition 12 times (receiving the Encouragement Award 3 times). He has held solo exhibitions in Aoyama and Shibuya, Tokyo, and is known for his style of sublimating the randomness of fire and clay into tranquil forms.

・Frame artist/Mayo Yoshida

Originally from Okayama Prefecture, he worked at a frame factory in Okayama City before apprenticing under a frame craftsman in Kurashiki City, where he learned the techniques of foil stamping and engraving. He went independent in April 2021 and began making custom-made frames. Fascinated by Italian frames from around the 14th century, he traveled to Italy and studied engraving and classical framing techniques at a frame workshop in Florence. He creates frames based on Italian frames from the 14th and 15th centuries.

・Art director/Yusuke Taguchi

Through collaboration with traditional craftsmen and artists both in Japan and overseas, we focus on product development and design, pursuing beauty and appeal that utilizes the essence of people and materials. Through close communication with the creators, we think together through creativity about the series of processes of "making," "communicating," and "selling."

・producer/the continue.

Based in Bizen City, Okayama Prefecture, this company recycles ceramic waste to create new value. They operate the recycled ceramic brand RI-CO, with the theme of "Thinking about kindness from every cup of coffee."

《SIZE》

W24cm×D4cm×H34cm

《WEIGHT》

1250g

《MATERIAL》

Recycled pottery/wood/Japanese paper