Shoji Hamada-Video (Michelle)

 Shoji Hamada was a Japanese Potter who significantly influenced studio pottery of the twentieth century. In the video, it said he was very big on sketching everything, it was his own method of remembering and engraving it into his head. He collected folks art of all cultures and endowed 6 museums in Japan with his own collections. He also served as a director of museums in Tokyo. I really liked the salt glaze batter bowl he had made. It was simple and beautiful, definitely different from anything I have ever seen. Throughout a lifetime dedicated to making pottery he achieved international recognition and his works have been collected by museums across the world. Today Hamada's works attain high prices at auction.