vol.23 Ceramic artist Aya Tanaka | 陶芸家 田中礼

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陶芸家、 田中礼さんの展覧会でポーチを作らせていただきました。
陶芸作品を元におこしたプリント布で、ポーチを制作。

展示会場の中目黒のギャラリー、little taoに伺い、初めて直接お会いして、作品を見ました。
初めて見る、瀬戸で作られた陶芸作品。礼さんから沸きあがる感情の動きが陶芸に投影されており、直接触れることで、私自身の深い記憶や感覚がよみがえりました。

I made a pouch for ceramic artist Rei Tanaka’s exhibition.
The pouch was made from a printed fabric based on a ceramic artwork.

I visited the gallery, little tao in Nakameguro, where the exhibition was held, and met the artist and saw her work for the first time. Ceramic works made in Seto. Aya’s emotional movement was projected on the ceramics, and touching them directly brought back my own deep memories and senses.

WORK SHOP『こねて、おして、文様皿』にも参加、瀬戸の土を使って、田中礼さんと一緒に文様皿を作りました。
文様のつけ方を見せてもらい、自分でも粘土をコネコネ、文様をオシオシ。
出来上がりは自由な気持ちで作れたけれど、礼さんのような綺麗な文様は作れず。

We also participated in the WORK SHOP “Kneading, pressing, and designing plates" and made plates with Ms. Rei Tanaka using clay from Seto City. We were shown how to make a pattern on a plate, and then we connected the clay and worked on the pattern by ourselves. I felt free to make the finished product, but I could not make a beautiful pattern like Aya’s.


AYA TANAKA exhibition2020
10 月2 日(金) - 10 月13 日(火)
@littletao_littletao

-陶芸家 田中礼-

鳥取に生まれ、せとものの街、愛知県瀬戸市で陶芸を学び、現在も瀬戸で制作活動中。

山や穏やかな海、空、風、人、植物、彼女を通り抜けていった景色や記憶。それはランダムに湧き起こり彼女は創作へと導かれる。

彼女の手によって生き生きと形を変化させていく柔らかな土。乾燥、焼成と過程を進めるごとに硬い物質に変化していき、装飾が施される。制作過程で湧き起こる驚きや感動、閃きが作品へと投影されていきます。

それは、見る者に委ねられ想像することを促される。海の生物なのか、植物なのか、宇宙の生物か、時には鮮やかに蘇った縄文土器のようでもあります。

Born in Tottori, Japan, she studied ceramics in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture, the city of Setomonono, and continues to work in Seto.
Mountains, calm sea, sky, wind, people, plants, and memories that have passed through her mind. They spring up randomly and lead her to her creations.
The soft clay changes its shape and form vividly by her hands. As she dries and fires the clay, it transforms into a hard substance, which is then decorated. Surprises, impressions, and flashes of inspiration that well up during the production process are projected onto the work.
It is left to the viewer and encouraged to imagine. It may be a sea creature, a plant, a creature from outer space, or sometimes it may be a vividly revived Jomon earthenware.