Toshifumi Tashiro

Toshifumi Tashiro, born in 1979 in Miyazaki, has been a "mashiko potter" since 2002. He studied at the Nara College of Art from 1998 to 2002, where he also
and graduated there with a major in ceramics. In 2002, Tashiro studied under Seiichi Imanari in Mashiko and since 2007 he has been a self-employed ceramist in Okodo, Mashiko.

Toshifumi Tashiro turns his ceramics on the wheel, driven by hand. The clay comes from the famous Mashiko earth. Although pottery was made in the region many thousands of years ago, the success of today's Mashiko ceramics is based on the fact that potters discovered in 1853 that the locally mined Mashiko clay is ideal for pottery.

Tashiro mixes different types of this clay to achieve the desired texture and fire resistance of the ceramic. The special
The special shape of his vessels radiates harmony and warmth and the clay used means that the use of glazes is only possible to a limited extent. Some of his objects
have two main firings.

Tashiro Toshifumi writes: "The vessels I make are basically simple in form. Therefore, I try to find ways to express their richness and make them unique."

We believe he has achieved that.