Takeshi Yasuda (JPN/UK) - a bowl from the 'Sancai'-series
Takeshi Yasuda (Tokyo, Japan 1943) - a wheel-thrown bowl, the form distorted, from the 'Sancai'-series, stoneware, covered with a white slip and with manganese and copper to produce pools of brown and green glaze on rim, that flow into the bowl, outside lower half unglazed showing grogged clay, electric kiln, dated 1988. About Takeshi Yasuda got his education at the Daisei-Gama Pottery in Mashiko, Japan from 1963 till 1966. In 1966 he established his workshop in Mashiko. In 1973 he moved to Bath, UK. In the late 1990’s he developed his creamware, using porcelain clay without any additional colour and subsequently he began to experiment with celadon glazes. Since setting up a second studio in Jingdezhen, China in 2005, he has continued his development of celadon, working with many different varieties of porcelain clay. Most of his pieces are intended for the serving of food, generous dishes, plates and jugs, which encourage the celebration and ritual of a meal.
Takeshi Yasuda (Tokyo, Japan 1943) - a wheel-thrown bowl, the form distorted, from the 'Sancai'-series, stoneware, covered with a white slip and with manganese and copper to produce pools of brown and green glaze on rim, that flow into the bowl, outside lower half unglazed showing grogged clay, electric kiln, dated 1988. About Takeshi Yasuda got his education at the Daisei-Gama Pottery in Mashiko, Japan from 1963 till 1966. In 1966 he established his workshop in Mashiko. In 1973 he moved to Bath, UK. In the late 1990’s he developed his creamware, using porcelain clay without any additional colour and subsequently he began to experiment with celadon glazes. Since setting up a second studio in Jingdezhen, China in 2005, he has continued his development of celadon, working with many different varieties of porcelain clay. Most of his pieces are intended for the serving of food, generous dishes, plates and jugs, which encourage the celebration and ritual of a meal.