Sydney Natkiel --Shoji Hamada

Shoji Hamada was a japanese potter. He was a major figure of the mingei folk-art movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a world renowned pottery center. When making his own pottery, he committed himself to using only locally sourced materials, not only in the clay he used, but also the glazes he created and the brushes he manufactured himself from dog hair and bamboo. Throughout the years he has achieved many recognition and his work has been collected by museums around the world such as the Carnegie Museum of Art. The dish below is displayed in the museum. After researching this piece, Shoji Hamada created this in 1950, in which he used a stoneware with kaki glaze over sekkai clear glaze. 

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