We talked to Takashi Suzuki, a potter who produces transparent vessels, such as a work that uses mandarin orange and leaves to be baked using ashes and leaves.
[1] About the trigger of pursuing the path of crafts, your own background, the history and formation of the workshop
Takashi Suzuki, a potter based in Odawara, has been working at a long -established bookstore in a local, although he has been interested in manufacturing and art since he was aware of it. However, after that, the heat of pottery, which was started by self -taught, increased, and I left the company and started my career as a potter in earnest.
"The world of pottery that has been dive by self -taught without a teacher, no teaching. I just feel frustrated without baking as expected, but the most motivation is that there are people who are willing to pick up my work. I was working part -time for the archeological site, but for me, the pottery made by people who lived thousands of years ago was excavated for me. It may be that you want to leave traces of living in. "
[2] Being working to stimulate your five senses and conscious
Mr. Suzuki seems to be actively seeing, listening, and feeling, even if it is something that is not directly related to work.
"The accumulation of the experience and emotions that have been absorbed from the five senses to the present to the present is shaped now. For example, listening to your favorite music, playing musical instruments, cooking, walking, reading, reading, and driving a car. In some cases, it is a simple daily routine, but it is also a way to raise your mood, calm down, and escape reality.1I think the important thing is to gain a little new experience without losing curiosity forever. "
Even in daily daily routine, changing the viewpoint or putting yourself in nature is stimulated by the five senses, and the projection of that sensitivity is born.
[3] What we value and commitment in the work production, what we want to convey through the work and what we want to fulfill
Takashi Suzuki's workshop "Orange" always performs new raw materials and compositions of soil and glaze and continue research. The work born in that1There is a bowl to bake using "Mikan ash glaze", which makes the branches and leaves of the oranges, which are the famous locals of Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, as ash. The components contained in ash and soil create a characteristic transparent light blue. The beautiful tangerine ash glaze vessel is not only compatible with vivid dishes, but also contains a delicate Japanese food because the fabric contains a generated color.
In addition, we also make a variety of blue -glazed works, such as a beautiful glossy blue, which is reminiscent of the Odawara sea.
The work is included in the work that "if the vessel I make is divided into still and movement, it will apply to the still person. Masu.
[4] What we are trying to inherit traditional technology and culture and what we want to challenge in the future
It is said that Suzuki has learned pottery on his own, so he does not have the skills from the teacher to be inherited or the traditional technology of the production area, but many of the works are made by ancient Japanese techniques, so indirectly. It may be said that the tradition is inherited.
"Culture is a mixture of different things, stimulating and changing little by little while reflecting the era. With the advancement of technology and the spread of the Internet, the common sense so far has been updated at a tremendous speed. At present, the manufacturing site should be greatly influenced by them, for better or worse, and Japanese food culture, tea ceremony, calligraphy, and other cultures have reached a significant turning point. I feel that I can make things that I feel more deeply and reflect the current era. "
Mr. Suzuki's work, which feels the changing times, absorbs, and pursues the creation of a device that can only be expressed now, has a beautiful moment in people's lives.
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