s to the distinctive connection between hands and clay. Takeshi Yasuda is somewhat of a treasure. His main focus in pottery is engaged in pots as a focus of our daily activities and rituals. Pots are not just a visual object, but something to be cherished on many levels. Yasudas objects are often marked as sensual and tactile, which reveal the fluidity of his ideas. Yasuda was a wheel thrower, who was "intrigued by formal complexities of wheel thrown pottery. Takeshi Yasuda does a wonderful job at involving and engaging the user. His most intriguing work, are his studies of the fluid nature of wheel thrown porcelain. Many of Yasuda's pots are about tension, tension between the upward and downward, this is what I find absolutely intriguing. Much of what Yasuda created crossed over the line of what gravity would allow. It was said that most of the time his pots would collapse of the wheel and he would hang tem upside down to dry. Two interesting pieces that he had done was the Sprung Bottom Bowl, and the Platter with Handles. Each of these pots is interesting in shape and use of texture. His approach to each piece creates a more interesting view. He creates each piece with special qualities. Yasuda's view should not be looked at in terms of design, but in a way a pot can generate and be part of a ritual, and add depth to the viewer or user. In his Bowl, which is made from stoneware, we see the use of glazes. The glaze Yasuda uses creates a freedom for modern abstraction. Even though not extreme, the glaze on this piece is very interesting and captivating. Although this is true, he never wants a purely visual analysis to disrupt the analysis by the hand. In Yasudas Sprung bottom Bowls, he takes plate forms and fits them over rigs at the leather hard stage and pushes them down to create deep containers. In Yasudas Platter one sees the movement that he tried to captivate in many of his works. This Platter is made from Cre...
