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| clear glazed speckled rimmed pocket-size bowl (kohiki) ($19.51) |
Today, I'd similar to part alongside y'all simply about other favorite Japanese ceramicist on Etsy, Mayumi Yamashita. In a footing affected past times a high-speed madness as well as a multitasking frenzy, the creations of Mayumi experience similar an oasis of calmness as well as rejoice. An excuse to seize the moment, rest inward quiet as well as purposefully quaff on a warm tea waiting for the twenty-four hr current to unfold its natural beauty inward front end of your eyes. Follow me, afterward the jump, to larn to know Mayumi as well as her inspiring ceramics.
Tell us a niggling fleck well-nigh yourself as well as your store.
I was born as well as grew upward inward the smallest coastal expanse (Kagawa) inward south-west Japan. I studied fashion blueprint as well as tailoring at college inward Tokyo as well as cloth blueprint as well as ceramics at academy inward the UK. I’ve railroad train ain studio inward my hometown a few years agone as well as piece of occupation every bit a potter since then.
How/when did y'all realize that your dearest for creating tin travel something to a greater extent than than a hobby?
My parents used to run sewing/knitting mill as well as I loved spending fourth dimension at that topographic point thence growing upward alongside skilled arts and crafts people as well as admiring their craftsmanship must direct maintain influenced my inventiveness as well as larn a maker. I ever wanted to travel someone who tin brand a living anywhere alongside her ain skills as well as inventiveness as well as wanted to practice something entirely I tin do, no i else does.
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| rusty grayness faceted mug ($33.44) |
What was the commencement matter y'all sold on your store?
I all the same vividly recollect that a Slovakian creative soul bought i of my porcelain lidded jounce alongside pocket-size people shaped knob. All the lidded jars had teeny tiny people on them dorsum then.
Which of the product/s y'all direct maintain inward the store is/are the most pop alongside your customers? Why practice y'all mean value is that?
Teapots are pop fifty-fifty they are the most expensive item inward my shop. They tell that it’s quite hard to honor similar my teapots inward their countries.
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| matte glazed speckled rimmed medium bowl (kohiki) ($44.59) |
Do y'all direct maintain whatever favorites from your collection?
I similar the ‘incised’ as well as the ‘faceted’ collection. I tend to await for somewhere that tin travel incised/faceted on my pottery! I justice I mildly obsessed alongside that. It requires i to ii to a greater extent than processes but I experience it worth the extra piece of occupation when I run across the finished work.
What product/s direct maintain y'all enjoyed working on the most as well as why?
I dearest making teapots as well as vases. Vases direct maintain my unconditional dearest as well as teapots direct maintain my burning as well as rather intense love! For me, making teapot is every bit exciting every bit making ‘sculptural’ piece. Assembling bits as well as bits together to brand i slice tin travel hard as well as frustrating because it needs to travel aesthetically pleasing yet needs to travel functional besides but when y'all larn it right, it gives y'all quite a satisfaction.
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| rusty grayness faceted creamer ($28.80) |
How practice y'all ordinarily continue yourself inspired?
I ordinarily don’t travel looking for inspirations. I figured that if I practice that, it tends to terminate upward alongside no luck. Anything tin travel your inspirations really. The latest collection is inspired past times rusty vintage tin items as well as what I’ve been working on is inspired past times roasted as well as flavored beans I had.
What aspects of your business/store practice y'all relish the most/least?
As a maker, of course, I relish ‘making pottery’ the most but every bit a business, I demand to practice admin things quite a lot as well as they are non thence fun matter to do... As for the shop, ‘taking photos’ as well as ‘listing items alongside detailed description’ accept for ages fifty-fifty they are the most crucial portion of running a webshop. I dearest taking photos but still, it’s real time-consuming.
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| brownish lite peppermint incised bowl ($39.94) |
Tell us a feedback from a client that position a grinning on your face.
I appreciate all the feedbacks as well as sometimes their requests/feedbacks would Pb to the inspirations for novel items. One thing, I’ve noticed that quite a lot of people purchase my pottery every bit a gift. That makes me happy because someone chooses my shop/work from numberless shops on Etsy for someone special. If the soul who receives my pottery is happy alongside it thence the sender tin travel happy because of it. It’s similar ‘doubled happiness’ to me.
Is at that topographic point whatever advice y'all would similar to give to people who desire to start their ain handmade business?
Make as well as sell what y'all love, non what people powerfulness similar :) (This is my mantra!)
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| matte glazed speckled blueish rimmed pocket-size plate (kohiki) ($10.22) |
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