Monohanako 10th Anniversary

November 30 to December 2, 2017
Opening reception: 6pm to 8pm, November 30, 2017

It's been 10 years since I opened my own studio, monohanako, in Karatsu. Everyday my hands were busy making pottery and in those ten years my style has changed and developed a lot. Now I split my time between Karatsu and Maine, and living in Maine has influenced the color palette of my work. Pottery is a tool of daily living and I want to make something not just functional but enjoyable as well. That principle has remained constant. I want my pottery to live cross culturally like music, with an immediacy that connects and communicates across languages and cultures.

-Hanako Nakazato

唐津にMonohanakoを開窯して早くも１０年が経ちました。ただひたすらに毎日作陶に没頭する日々でしたが、作風も１０年前とすると随分変わりました。メーン州での生活が加わったのも作風がカラフルになった影響のひとつだと思います。器は生活道具のひとつですが、毎日の食生活が楽しくなるような器を作りたいという原点は変わりませんし、また器も音楽のように国境を自由に飛び越えていろんな方々と繋がっていける存在であれたら嬉しいです。

中里花子