Ceramic Mugs Tsubota Kazuhiro

Name: Ceramic Mug - Tsubota Kazuhiro
Brand: Tsubota Kazuhiro
SKU: 26793
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Handcrafted ceramic mugs with a two tone design by Tsubota Kazuhiro produced in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.

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No.3

No.5

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This ceramic mug by Tsubota Kazuhiro features a distinctive two-tone design and a sculptural handle. Tsubota’s approach of allowing the clay to guide the making process captures the vessels playful character through its form.

Born in 1972 in Iga City, Mie Prefecture, Tsubota Kazuhiro graduated from the Ceramic Art Course at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music, where he met his wife, Tsubota Aya, who was also studying ceramics. The couple built a noborigama in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture and later moved to Iga City in Mie Prefecture to build an anagama, a wood-fired pottery kiln shaped like a tunnel or cave. They now live and work in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, where they have built another noborigama.

Their work reflects the influence of the places in which they have lived, expressed through the materials they use. These include raw clay from Takachiho, gairome (a high-iron clay) from Tōkai Region, and red and white clay and porcelain from Kyūshū.

No.3 : 8.9 x 14.9 x 8.5 cm

No.5 : 8.1 x 12.5 x 8 cm

Kyūshū and Okinawa

This is Japan’s south-west region including the island of Kyūshū and the sub-tropical island chain of Okinawa. Kyūshū was an early centre of Japanese civilization, and offers many historic treasures, modern cities and volcanic natural beauty. It is home to the ports of Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Fukuoka, the porcelain manufacturing centre in Arita and the Tanegashima Space Center launch site.