[{"id":202197139620,"handle":"aya-kondo","title":"Aya Kondo","updated_at":"2023-07-05T11:42:33+01:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eThe work of Aya Kondo comes from a quiet obsession. A brief career as a public employee, and then time spent travelling in Asia led her eventually to pottery training in Mashiko. In 2001 in nearby Kasama, she established her own kiln, enveloped by nature. As the years pass, so has there been a gradual evolution in her style. A key element remains detailed arabesque patterning which she achieves by hand painting slip using a dripper. More recently Kondo has added deep moss green, Oribe type glazes in a patchwork alongside her trademark sweet yellowish brown. An important figure in the Kasama pottery scene for most of the last twenty years, Aya Kondo’s ceramics are a kind and refined presence in homes all around Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-06-20T15:24:58+01:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"title","relation":"contains","condition":"Aya Kondo"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-06-20T18:24:06+01:00","alt":null,"width":1024,"height":768,"src":"\/\/wagumi-j.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Teapot_2.jpg?v=1592780704"}},{"id":391026631,"handle":"ceramics","updated_at":"2023-09-25T16:05:20+01:00","published_at":"2016-10-11T16:20:00+01:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Ceramics","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJapan is a land of many rivers and mountains.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs a result of the beautiful rivers, and green mountain ranges, the earth and stone found in each region of the country has its own character.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom 500 year old antiques, to products made today for daily use - the appreciation of the craftsperson for their material, is clear to see.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2016-10-31T19:20:02+00:00","alt":"","width":1120,"height":840,"src":"\/\/wagumi-j.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/ceramic.jpg?v=1592761253"}},{"id":57184092260,"handle":"kasama-freestyle","updated_at":"2023-09-24T12:54:53+01:00","published_at":"2019-02-22T10:02:27+00:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Kasama Freestyle","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKasama Freestyle at wagumi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt present at wagumi we have a collection of ceramics from Kasama.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the title Kasama Freestyle, it is meant as an introduction to the great work in pottery you can find in this town around sixty miles north of Tokyo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJapan is full of pottery regions.  Each have their own characteristics, self-imposed restraints, and an idea of what you might find.  What is interesting about Kasama, is that it has none of these things.  Or rather that its characteristic is its sense of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294329535\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/294327039\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2018-10-09T12:50:00+01:00","alt":"","width":1024,"height":1010,"src":"\/\/wagumi-j.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Kasama_potters.jpg?v=1551112071"}},{"id":202198548644,"handle":"kasama-potters","title":"Kasama Potters","updated_at":"2023-09-24T14:20:29+01:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eSixty miles from the capital, the town of Kasama exists at the point where the urban sprawl gives way decisively to mountains and rice fields. Long a supplier of ceramics to Tokyo, it now acts as a well established creative retreat. It is a vital location for the new wave of individual ceramicists in Japan. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1457\/9110\/files\/Kasama_logo_1080x1080_1_480x480.jpg?v=1663340777\" alt=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1457\/9110\/files\/Kasama_logo_1080x1080_1_480x480.jpg?v=1663340777\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UPhFV0mX-Y\" height=\"238\" width=\"424\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-06-20T15:24:58+01:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Kasama Freestyle 2020"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Kasamapotters2021"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Kasamapotters2022"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Kasamapottery2021"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-06-20T18:41:44+01:00","alt":null,"width":2000,"height":900,"src":"\/\/wagumi-j.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Kasama_Freestyle_logo_transparent.png?v=1619866846"}}]