202211Yasumoto Kajiwara New Works Exhibition

It is said that Mr. Kajiwara is the person currently devoting his energies to restoring Old Karatsu. He uses sandstone as the raw material for Old Karatsu, which was originally clay, and over the course of ten years he fires Karatsu that experts say is "just like Old Karatsu itself."
Kajiwara, whose sense of materials is clearly different from that of other Karatsu ware artists, is first studying the geography of the kiln locations and the production conditions of pottery from that era in order to replicate most of the processes used by the potters who made old Karatsu ware.
Many Karatsu artists have tried to create the base material, but I often hear that it is difficult to do it like Kajiwara does today. His knowledge and experience, cultivated over many years, such as the weather of the day, the condition of the sandstone, and the balance with the glaze, make it possible for him to create old Karatsu ware that only he can.