Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Mug

USA, 1900
Red Lodge Clay Center
Date acquired:
Materials:
Stoneware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Thrown
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Robert "Irish" Flynn

Makoto Yabe is known for a range of classic Japanese functional forms. Some of the pieces are made with the nerikomi technique using multi colored clays in individual objects. The surfaces of early work are covered with splashes and swirls of slip and glaze. Later work is finished with ash glazes and surface techniques that include Mishima, stamping, combing, and chattering.

After completing his education Yabe apprenticed with Jinmatsu Uno and Sango Uno, in Kyoto, Japan before moving to the United States. One of his first jobs was teaching ceramics in Alaska before moving to Boston, Massachusetts

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Red Lodge Clay Center

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