SEKKI SHINGO TAKEUCHI｜SETO WARE

Brand

Original vessels born from the essence of Seto ware

SHINGO TAKEUCHI

• 1982
• SETO WARE
• SHINGO TAKEUCHI

History

Potter born and raised in Seto ware town

Shingo Takeuchi, the creator of "Stoneware," is a ceramic artist born in Seto City, Aichi Prefecture.

Seto has been producing pottery for more than 1,000 years and is one of the most famous ceramic towns in the world.

The area is blessed with abundant natural resources such as high-quality kibushi and gairome clay, which are the raw materials, and pine trees, which are used as fuel to fire the kilns.

It is said that Kato Shirozaemon kagemasa (Kato Toshiro), one of the founders of pottery in Japan, studied pottery in the Southern Song (China) during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) and after returning to Japan, he traveled all over Japan looking for good clay suitable for pottery and chose Seto as the place to start pottery making.

Takeuchi was born and raised in an environment where pottery was close at hand.

After working as an office worker, he studied pottery at the Aichi Ceramic Vocational Training School again and gradually became fascinated with the art.

He later studied under Kato Shuntei II and built his own kiln in 1982, launched his original pottery, "SEKKI."

Characteristic

Pottery with powerful and spontaneous

Seto ware is famous for both ceramics and porcelain and is characterized by its wide variety.

Porcelain is made by glazing a beautiful white base and firing it to produce colorful patterns and designs.

Kato Shirozaemon kagemasa (Kato Toshiro), left his skills behind as the founder of the pottery, and his works are said to contain both power and delicacy.

Kato Shuntei II excelled at a technique called "Hikidashi Kuro" (drawn-out black), in which iron glaze is applied and the potter's wheel is withdrawn from the kiln while it is still firing to rapidly cool it down to produce a deeper black color.

Takeuchi uses this technique to create his original ceramics, which are characterized by "black-fired vessels" that are fired at high temperatures without glaze.

The more the potter uses it, the more it becomes moist and rich in flavor, and thus it is called "pottery that can be nurtured."

It can be said that each piece is a one-of-a-kind work of art that differs from the next.

For Customers

Please be excited about “What shall we put on it?”

"SEKKI" refers to vessels that have been tempered.

Stoneware is fired slowly at high temperatures without glaze, and when fired in a kiln, the natural action of the kiln produces unexpectedly richly flavored vessels.

Each piece is fired in a different way, so they are all filled with a unique character that no two are alike.

Fired pottery makes a high, cool sound when it is tapped, making it perfect for summer dining.

The black, atmospheric, and unique appearance of this pottery also adds to its presence when entertaining in the calm autumn and winter months.

The more you use it, the more shiny and moist it becomes, so we hope you will take the charm of furnace ware in your hands.

Award

1982 Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition(1985-1988, 1994)

1985 Chozo Prize, Chozo Prize for Ceramic Art Exhibition, Japan

2002 Asia Pacific International Contemporary Ceramics Invitational Exhibition (Taiwan)

2005 Special Prize, International Competition, World Ceramic Biennale, Korea

2016 TOKI Oribe Encouragement Prize, Contemporary Tea Ceramics Exhibition, Toki, Japan