Moon Jar Mini Green,
Akiko Hirai
Grès émaillé avec engobe de porcelaine
D. 30 x 27 x 27 cm
2025
About the artist
Akiko Hirai
明子 飛来
A lively reinterpretation of tradition
A unique journey
Born in Shizuoka, Japan, she first studied cognitive psychology at Aichi Gakuin University before coming to London in the late 1990s. She turned to ceramics after discovering the famous Korean moon jars at the British Museum, which deeply inspired her. She subsequently studied at the University of Westminster (graduating in 2001) and then at the prestigious Central Saint Martins (graduating in 2003).
After graduating, she moved to the Chocolate Factory studio in Hackney, London, where she uses gas kilns for …/…