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Akira Satake

https://www.akirasatake.com

For me, the act of creation is a collaboration between myself, the clay and the fire. Collaboration means finding what the clay wants to be and bringing out its beauty in the way that the beauty of our surroundings is created through natural forces. Undulations in sand that has been moved by the wind, rock formations caused by landslides, the crackle and patina in the wall of an old house; all these owe their special beauty to the random hand of Nature. The fire is the ultimate random part of the collaborative equation. I hope the fire will be my ally, but I know it will always transform the clay in ways I cannot anticipate. 私にとって、創作というのは火と土と自分との間のコラボレーションを意味します。ここでのコラボレーションというのは、土の性質を知り、それがどのようになりたいかに耳を澄ますこと。自然の力を通して作られた造形物のように、そこに秘められた美を引き出したい。風に晒されてできた砂のうねり, 地滑りからできた岩の層、古屋の劣化した壁やひび。自然によって作られるこのような形は、それぞれに特別な美しさを秘めています。土の個性を探り、火を自然の手として自分の感性を表現してゆく。しかし、上手く扱えるように理解しようと努力すればするほど、いつも予想がつかない結果が現れるのです。

B752: Main image for Small Bowl made by Akira Satake

Small Bowl

C1085: Main image for Cup made by Akira Satake

Cup

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