Tobe Programme 2021-2022

I have been very fortunate to participate in Tobe Programme to meet and share our common interest in ceramics. Tobe is a small town in Iyo District, Ehime, Japan, where is it know for its porcelain tableware with blue, cobalt oxide, decorations. There is so much skill and history in their ceramic to be cherished.

It was all online, given the current situation!, but it was enough to share and learn from each other from such a distance away!

Roof decorations and titles using smoked method

The firing schedule for smoked fired roof titles.

Tomoko- a piece from a Tobe maker

Tomoko- a piece from a Tobe maker

Work from ‘Kasama Potters’ exhibition at a store in Stoke-on-Trent during British Ceramics Biennial 2021

Below is 30 minutes video about Kasama pottery (in English)

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2007444/