Newsletter (2024/10/05 Shuichi Okamoto New Works Exhibition)

Hello everyone.
It's becoming the season when the autumn breeze feels pleasant.

The exhibition "Okamoto Shuichi New Works: Karatsu Tradition and New Design" has begun at GALLERY Ichibankan today.

We have been selling it at our permanent booth for a long time,
This is the first time I've had my work held as a solo exhibition.
Professor Shuichi Okamoto is the son of Professor Sakurei Okamoto.
After training at Sakureigama for around eight years and making pottery with his father, he now makes his own pottery in his own kiln in Ochi-cho, Karatsu City.

Gas kilns are also used for some works,
It is mainly fired in a wood-fired climbing kiln,
This is authentic Karatsu ware that focuses on the clay and firing.
The title of the solo exhibition is "Karatsu Tradition and New Design"
While using traditional materials and techniques,
Something new, a truly new generation of Karatsu ware was born.

Tomorrow, the shopping district will hold the "86th Gofuku Matchmaking Market and Bread Marche."
Next week we will be holding the "Yoshitsune's Helmet Complete Restoration Commemoration and Five Lucky Festival." Please come along and join us.

Well, everyone, have a great weekend.

Naoki Sakamoto, Owner of Ichibankan