Laminage 20,

When the Earth Folds Like the Ocean

Between Traditional Learning and Creative Freedom

Born in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Yukiya Izumita grew up on the shores of the Pacific, surrounded by a mineral and maritime landscape that would profoundly influence his work. At the age of 26, he joined master ceramicist Gakuho Shimodake, with whom he trained for three years in Kokuji yaki, a traditional black pottery from the Tōhoku region. In the early 1990s, he founded his own studio in Noda, equipped with a wood-fired kiln, and quickly established a personal style, free …/…