We talked to Manaman Yamada, a potter, who continues to make Yachimun, which is full of Okinawa's natural energy.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, your own background, the history and formation of the workshop
Masan Yamada was a painter, and he grew up in an environment with paint brushes and clay since childhood, and it was a pottery while playing there. After studying under the late Tsuboya -yaki, Kohashi River Ei Masamasa Kohashi, he opened a kiln in Yomitan Village in 1979. Since then, he is one of Okinawa's leading potters, which has held solo exhibitions not only in Japan but also overseas. Visiting the gallery in the Yachimun no Sato, which holds the workshop, you will be fascinated by the high -priced, but the natural energy of Okinawa is condensed.
[2] Being working to stimulate your five senses and conscious
He says that what is inspired is the nature of Okinawa while making ceramics. The painting is performed outdoors, where light, wind movements, insects, and natural situations are transmitted, and while accepting the nature surrounding themselves, they open themselves and move their brushes.
"The plants grown in the strong sunlight in Okinawa have vivid colors and the outline. The fish that swim in the sea are the same and are close to the primary colors. For Okinawans who live with nature, unconsciously such colors. I think that it is stuck and influenced by the end of the thing. I think that each color and shape, such as the sky, the expression of the sea, the wind, the sunset, and the movement of the human beings, are connected to the whole, and it is an expression when it is fused. "
It is said that what you see and feel in your daily life will only stay in your memory and eventually become a work. The magnificent world feeling expressed in a vessel comes from every day of living while connecting with nature.
[3] What we value and commitment in the work production, what we want to convey through the work and what we want to fulfill
It is said that in the late 30s, he was pursuing plain beauty. The big turning point was the words of the Japanese Folk Arts Museum and Shigeo Suzuki's words, "Please move forward to what you want to do." Eventually, with a vivid pigment, you will be able to make a bold painting of brushes.
The representative work is "Red Picture", which was painted with red. Mr. Yamada, who likes the passionate red color of the earth, is full of energy, and is a fun work just looking at it. Under the open sky of Okinawa, Mr. Yamada's vessel, which is produced while receiving the warm breeze, continues to attract people with the same portrait.