Potter’s wheel Lacquerware【Reference Exhibition】Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts

Hiroshima City University was established in 1994 with the basic philosophy, “an international university which contributes to world peace and to the prosperity of the community through education and research in science and arts.” It consists of three faculties of “Faculty of International Studies, Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Information Sciences.”
Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts contributes to the succession of traditional techniques through classes given by traditional craftsman. The exhibition focuses on lacquer craftwork of young artists who learned “potter’s wheel crafts” under the instruction of traditional craftsman, Mr. Satoru Fujimoto.

Mr. Satoru Fujimoto, traditional craftsman (Miyajima potter’s wheel crafts) and a part-time lecturer of Hiroshima City University, Faculty of Arts

Lacquerware utilizing traditional techniques of “Miyajima potter’s wheel crafts”

Manufacturer：TSUNO Natsumi

Lacquerware which uses a rotating body mashed by the “Miyajima potter’s wheel” technique as its “mokutai*”.
I began to prioritize “potter’s wheel crafts” in my products, the trigger being me learning “potter’s wheel crafts” from Mr. Satoru Fujimoto, a traditional craftsman of Miyajima crafts, as a part of my university curriculum, when I was still a student.
Originally, in Miyajima “potter’s wheel crafts”, products are usually unlacquered, but I’m making them into more contemporary works by coating them with lacquer.

* “Mokutai” – a wooden basis for a product.

Lacquerware products with mokutai on which traditional Miyajima potter’s wheel techniques were used