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  • 9 October 2020
  • Japan

  • 4 minutes

Design / Entrepreneurialism

The master craftsman: Shimada Takayuki

The unassuming Shimada Gama workshop in Gotsu doubles up as an open-air museum of traditional stoneware pottery. It specialises in creating large pieces that are burnt in a sloped wood-fired kiln. We talk to the 73-year-old master Shimada Takayuki about the challenges of passing the rare skill and aesthetic sensibility down to his son and grandson.

  • Film-maker
    • Helena Kardová
  • Narrator
    • Joleen Goffin

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