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IKAI, Yuichi
Kihei Kiln
Kyoto Ware
SUMMARY
・Ikai-san was born into the pottery dealer family in Gojo-zaka, Kyoto-shi.
・He started getting curious about making pottery.
・He has learned pottery a lot under Shimizu Uichi who was designated a holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property.
・It is the distinctive point that he images how people use dishware.
・His works include the soft atmosphere things like user-friendly texture, gentleness and warmth.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Birth
- Kyoto prefecture in 1963
- Education
- Kyoto-fu College of Potter Technology (-1983)
Kyoto-shi Industrial Research Institute (-1984) - Address
- 3-407 Gojobashihigashi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 605-0846 Japan
- Affiliation
- Japan Kogei Association
TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan
CAREER HISTORY
- Award
- The Kinki prize in the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kinki (2001)
The Chairman of the Shiga prefectural Board of Education prize in the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kinki (2003)
The Encouragement prize in TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan Exhibition (2016)
and many more - Selected
- The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kinki, TOBI, the Ceramic Art Society of Japan Exhibition, and other exhibitions
