This work is by Naoko Murakami and Ryuji Shirai, potters from Shigaraki, Shiga Prefecture.
The pieces that Murakami creates are simple, yet beautiful just to display on a cupboard. They have the warmth of handmade items and are highly functional, making any dish look delicious.
Shirai's works are vessels and accessories with animal and plant motifs that are wonderful even just to display as objects. As he is also an illustrator, his works are full of a unique worldview.
PROFILE
Naoko Murakami
1998 Small potter's wheel at Shigaraki Ceramic Technology Research Center, Shiga Prefecture
1999: Started making pottery at Raku Kobo Co., Ltd.
In 2007, the shop "Utsuwa no Shigoto" was opened.
2008 Tokyo Living Coloring Tableware Exhibition, Coordination Category Jury Prize
2009 Tokyo Living Coloring Tableware Exhibition, Selected in the Coordination Category
2010 Solo Exhibition at Ebisu Mitsukoshi
2018 Solo exhibition at Aqours gallery, Taiwan
2018 Financial District Shopping Center Model Book Bureau Beijing
2018 Ippuku Pottery Exhibition at Shinjuku Isetan
2018 Bread Container Exhibition at Ginza Mitsukoshi
2020 "souvenirs" Paris web exhibition
Ryuji Shirai
2018 Financial District Shopping Center Model Book Bureau Beijing
2018 Craft Fair Matsumoto
2018 Lighting People Gathering
2018 Aqours gallery in Taiwan
Wind from the Workshop 2019
2019 Craft Fair Matsumoto
2019 Tebako JR Kyoto Isetan
2019 Tokyo Flea Market: Small Plates and Flower Pots
2020 Shigaraki Ceramic Technology Testing Center, Shiga Prefecture Small Pottery Wheel
Lighting up Christmas 2020 with crafts Hinata no Oto
