The city of Bizen is one of Japan's six traditional centres of pottery, the other five being Echizen, Seto, Tokoname, ...

Her studies in Zen Buddhism and traditional Japanese pottery, led her to approach ceramics using intuition and simple gestures. “In my life I see no difference between making pots, cooking, and ...

Promoting traditional Japanese crafts As president of the Japan ... craft exhibitions incognito to further her appreciation of pottery, textiles and other traditional art forms.

In the 500 year old art of Kintsugi, which translates more or less as ‘joining with gold’, broken pottery is repaired with a seam of lacquer and precious metal. Trust the Japanese to ...