Haga Minoru Black & Silver Plate 22cm

These are works by Minoru Haga, who creates pottery in Sera Town, Hiroshima Prefecture.

Haga learned Mino ware in Gifu, a pottery production area, and then worked as a potter while working at an automobile factory. To devote himself to creative activities, he opened a studio in Sera Town, near his hometown of Fuchu City, in 2010.
His works simultaneously encompass two opposing impressions: a dynamic, inorganic impression that evokes the beauty and harshness of nature, and a slightly human softness that is added to simple forms.

The "umeyaki" (buried firing) technique is a unique method that involves bisque firing → glaze firing → and then re-firing in a wood-fired kiln by burying it in split wood.
Although this technique has a very high chance of failure, it results in pottery with complex expressions, which Haga enthusiastically pursues.

"Hakuhaku" (peeled white) is a new endeavor that uses white glazes but intentionally includes a process of applying and then peeling off the glaze, deliberately creating a decayed texture.
The price range is affordable, and the simple color tones enhance the food.

"Kurogin" (black silver) is a silver technique that offers glimpses of the rough texture of the clay.
The glare is suppressed, and it is a work where a metallic texture and the black of the earth are well harmonized with the clay.

Haga presents the inherent irreversibility of pottery making with extreme sincerity.
What is present there is not a simple contrast between destruction and rebirth, but an attitude of confronting "irretrievability" itself.
We hope you will enjoy Haga's works, where he skillfully uses various techniques.

■Size: Diameter 22cm, Height 2cm
■Weight: Approximately 590g
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*Haga's works greatly value serendipity, so there are significant individual differences.
The photos are generally of the same size, but the patterns and fine details of each item will differ, so please consider them as examples.
"Umeyaki" has a stronger random nature than "Hakuhaku." Please be aware of this in advance.

1983 Born in Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture
2008 Completed Tajimi City Ceramic Design Institute, Graduation Project Award
2012 24th Toki City Oribe Day Commemorative Project, 5th Contemporary Chato Exhibition, TOKI Oribe Encouragement Award
2013 25th Toki City Oribe Day Commemorative Project, 6th Contemporary Chato Exhibition, Selected
2014 Built a wood-fired kiln in Sera Town, Sera-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture