“This object isn’t a commodity, but an opportunity to express myself.”

— From a series of insight gathered during conversations with crafts related people around Japan.

“Have a look at this shape. It doesn’t look extraordinary, does it? You could easily imagine this bowl mass produced at a million pieces, all identical. But if you look at this one crafted here, unique of its kind, you will see something else. In the mass produced bowl, you see the result of a massive industrial machinery, pretty precise and sharp, you see the cadence, the capacity, the commodities. In this crafted bowl, you see the outcome of my hand, you see an intention of mine, an expression of know-how, mixed with a specific mood. Each new bowl I craft is not a commodity, but an opportunity to express something. The craft process is like forging, an idea, an intention, a feeling eventually, may melt from one shape to another.”

Yamagata