Tanimoto Takashi

Tanimoto Takashi comes from a generation of Iga potters, and is the eldest son of celebrated Iga potter Tanimoto Kei. He studied first at Doshisha University and then went on to study ceramics in Kyoto, then under Tadashi Mori before travelling to Italy. On returning to Japan in 2005 he established himself as a maker and held his first solo exhibition in 2006. Since then he has been exhibited in Japan and internationally.

He works within the tradition of Iga, but his works are also experimental and modern, focusing on organic surface textures and embracing the unpredictability of the firing.