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TAKEMURA, Yotaro TAKEMURA, Yotaro Dainichi Kiln

Kyoto Ware

SUMMARY

・Yotaro-san was born and grew up in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto prefecture.
・The Dainichi kiln is the pottery where Yotaro-san works. His farther, Shigeo-san is also a ceramist who opened that kiln.
・"Yudeisai" is the technique of decorating pottery which Yotaro-san named. After molding, he uses an air gun spray to paint in ceramics with colored slip. Once being baked, the color is vibrant and similar to that of high-fired pottery, with soft colors and distinctive gradations.
・The others, the turquoise blue called "heki-yu" in Japanese, He’s challenging to aim at a certain degree of perfection, even though there are aspects we are in the dark about results until being baked from the kiln.
・Each piece has different texture on the vessel. He’s gradually expanding some kind of color usage on red and black ceramics.
・Having grown up in the town for Kyoto ware production, he also pursues the aesthetic interest of modern style.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birth
Yamashina, Kyoto prefecture in 1981
Education
Kyoto Prefectural Pottery Advanced Technical School
(formerly known as) Kyoto Industrial Technology Center
Address
110 Kanshujigoshouchi-cho, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 607-8218 Japan
Affiliation
Japan Kogei Association

CAREER HISTORY

Award
The Encouragement prize in the 26th National Cultural Festival, Kyoto 2011 Art Exhibition (2011)
The Encouragement prize in the Japan Traditional Art Crafts Exhibition, Kinki (2017)
The 50th Anniversary Excellence prize in the Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kinki (2021)
Selected
The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, The Japan Traditional Kogei Exhibition, Kinki and other exhibitions
This Artist's Ceramics