His Project:
Takashi will be making ceramic works and firing the BIG wood kiln.
Bio:
Takashi Nakazato is the fifth son of the late Muan Nakazato, a National Treasure. He is the thirteenth generation of an unbroken lineage of Karatsu potters. The Nakazato family was patronized as distinguished potters by the successive feudal lords of Karatsu, and therefore the custom of inheriting both the family and given name was observed. The Nakazato family is now the most eminent pottery family in Karatsu, a ceramics-producing district on Kyusyu island. The term “Karatsumono”, meaning the ware produced in Karatsu, has actually become a synonym for pottery in most of the western Japan.He has the reputation of being the most skilled ceramic thrower in Japan.
On the web:
www.yoyokaku.com/ryutagama-4.htm
