Manufactory
Masayoshi Oya
About the property: The black-brown flowerpot by Masayoshi Oya, with the beautiful name "Grönvall," is made from a variety of clays. The patterns are created by combining these clays. The flowerpot comes with a matching coaster made using the same technique. Both pieces are glazed on the inside and will brighten up your living space with fresh kitchen herbs or flowers. Even in Swedish, “Grönvall” isn’t a common everyday word, but rather a proper noun. However, the word can be roughly translated as “green meadow.” It fits.
Manufacturing process: Masayoshi Oya’s working method combines traditional Japanese craftsmanship with a free and experimental approach. Kneading, turning, grinding, and polishing are just as much a part of the process as playing with color and glaze. For this flowerpot, Masayoshi combined two different types of clay and made use of their respective characteristics. The result is a handmade, one-of-a-kind piece that combines the practicality of a functional object with the beauty of a work of art.
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Masayoshi Oya’s colorful cups, plates, and vases combine traditional Japanese craftsmanship with the Scandinavian aesthetic of color and form. These one-of-a-kind pieces, with their extraordinary finishes, blend functionality and artistic expression, inviting you to rediscover beauty in everyday life .
About the Artist: Masayoshi Oya was born in Japan in 1979 and now lives and works in Gothenburg. His ceramics combine Japanese craft traditions with experimental influences from his adopted home of Sweden. This results in a distinctive, colorful visual language that combines traditional forms with graphic patterns and playful glazes. His work is a fusion of precision and spontaneity. Oya finds inspiration in nature, in traditions, in the unusual, and in the encounter between Japan and Sweden. His ceramics demonstrate how the interplay of different cultures can give rise to a personal and contemporary design language. He runs the Oyama ceramics studio in Gothenburg.
His relationship with ceramics began during his school years in Japan. In a ceramics class, Masayoshi Oya discovered his immediate connection to the material and quickly knew that he wanted to work with it. After studying ceramics at the Aichi Prefectural Seto College in Tokyo, he moved to Sweden in 2007 and studied ceramics at Capellagården on Öland, later earning his master’s degree in applied arts at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg. The transition between the two cultures opened up a new approach to his own artistic expression. To this day, this connection continues to shape his work. His works have been exhibited at venues including the Gothenburg Museum of Art, the Design Museum Helsinki, Wanås Konst, the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo, the Röhsska Museum, and the Art Museum in Tønder. Recently, a work by Masayoshi was also added to the collection of the Swedish National Museum.
