{"title":"Sakurai Minako","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSakurai Minako is a ceramic artist based in a mountain village near Nara, Japan. After spending a year in France during university, she worked across several creative fields, including product sourcing, product development and gallery planning, before turning to ceramics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2013, she began an apprenticeship with ceramic artist Kimura Katada in Iga, where she developed the foundations of her practice. Since 2015, she has continued working from her home studio, Orumina Kiln, in Nara.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer work explores the relationship between clay, glaze and surface. Through experimentation with different treatments, she develops vessels marked by irregular glaze traces, tonal variations and weathered textures. Among her techniques is the use of chestnut astringent juice as a natural surface treatment, introducing another layer of colour and variation to the clay. Each piece retains visible traces of the processes that shape it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/www.aarticles.co\/collections\/sakurai-minako.oembed","provider":"aarticles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}