Memories of the soil / Tadashi Hirakawa Bizen Ware Artist

「土の記憶」
中世の古窯から焼き出された備前焼は力強くまた活き活きとした土味を持っています。どうすればこの様な焼き物になるのか、この思いから中世古窯の研究と実証に取り組み30年以上が経ち、当時の窯（土窯）の持つ素晴らしい特性と可能性が繙けてきました。「土は土で焼く」土窯の可能性を明日の備前焼制作に繋げてゆきます。
備前焼 平川忠
Tadashi Hirakawa is a Bizen-ware ceramic artist who restored the method of making Bizen ware to its old original form. He has been an important and influential figure in the art of Japanese pottery, having gone through many trials and tribulations before the kiln was revived. Hirakawa went into the mountains to search for the roots of ancient Bizen ware. Together with archaeologists, he examined the soil (clay) and tried to recreate the process of making Bizen ware of the past, creating the "TSUCHIGAMA (Earthen kiln)".