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Thank you for visiting the Furutani Kazuya exhibition; as a way to send 2007 off in grand style we leave this tsubo online until the Year of the Rat. Furutani Kazuya (b.1976) is the eldest son of Furutani Michio (1946-2000), a Shigaraki potter greatly respected for his work with the anagama, or wood-burning underground kiln. Before his death, Michio could lay claim to having the best firings in Shigaraki. Actually, it was Furutani who reintroduced the anagama to Shigaraki since medieval times, and had built more anagama than any other potter during his time (30 since 1970) -his studies into anagama had produced a highly influential book as well. His sudden death in 2000 shocked the art world. However, his young son Kazuya has spiritedly taken over the kiln of his father/master, and his valiant firings have already labeled Kazuya a master of the Anagama. A glance at Kazuya's work will quickly call to mind the firings of his father -in many ways, Kazuya has achieved what took his father many years of experimentation to produce. He has learned well from his father. Born in Shigaraki, Kazuya went to Shigaraki High School focusing on design. He then studied at the Yamaguchi Art School for 2 years, then the Kyoto Prefecture Ceramic Art School. After his studies, he apprenticed to Michio until his father's passing. The secret to the Furutani family's pottery is through the Furutani formula of clay processing, kiln loading, and kiln firing -Michio's technique lives on in his son Kazuya. This O-Tsubo is 52cm tallx 42cm.
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