Yuki Tanaka

I came to ceramics through tea ceremony, drawn first to the vessels before the ritual. I trained under Kenji Mori in Shigaraki for four years, learning to listen to the clay rather than impose upon it.

My studio sits at the edge of a bamboo grove in Kyoto's Higashiyama district. I work primarily with local stoneware, firing in a small anagama kiln twice a year. The ash from the kiln settles on the pieces during firing, creating glazes I could never plan.

I am interested in imperfection — not as aesthetic, but as honesty. A crack, a fingerprint, an uneven rim: these are not flaws. They are the record of making.