June 14 Fri - June 30 Sun
11:00 - 20:00, Last Day ~ 18:00
As I stood in front of the workshop, the view was a picturesque sight of the rice fields, now filled with water after the completion of the rice planting. The afternoon sun cast a warm glow, and a gentle breeze caused the water's surface to ripple, creating a mesmerizing pattern.
My recent visit to Mr. Takahiro Yahagi's studio was just ten days before his highly anticipated solo exhibition. I was last here four years ago when the snow blanketed the landscape. This time, the vibrant green of the mountain trees, teeming with life, was a stark contrast.
Porcelain artist Takahiro Yahagi is quiet, but he is passionate and stoic when he talks.
His hand produced the porcelain clay's shapes, textures, colors, and nuances. The works of Mr. Yahagi, who applies white porcelain, black makeup, and silver paint, are as if they project the quiet flow of time in the magnificent seasonal nature of the Yamagata Murayama mountains. The exhibition will also feature objects shaped by hand twisting (tama-zukuri) rather than the usual rocro method. Chips, cracks, and distortions are all inevitable and natural. All of them are expressive and fascinating.
Please visit the gallery space, which displays SMP's original furniture.
Takahiro Yahagi, Ceramicist
Yahagi was born in Yamagata Prefecture in 1986. Inspired by studying ceramics in high school, he majored in ceramics at Tohoku University of Art & Design in 2025 and completed his graduate studies in 2011. Yahagi founded the atelier "245 STUDIO" in December 2014, and produces porcelain mainly for use as tableware and vases,
He produces and exhibits porcelain, mainly tableware and vases. In recent years, he has not limited himself to potter's wheel molding and has also been working with porcelain clay materials using various techniques, such as hand twisting, to create art object-like works.
The artist will be present at the gallery on:
June 15, Saturday, 2~6 pm
June 16, Sunday, 1~6 pm
Any changes and additional dates will be announced on the SNS.