Haruyama Studio

My practice can be summarised in three verbs – create, refine and repeat. During these stages of making, I approach each object with a mindset as if it were my last piece.

Maintaining this level of intensity is difficult but it is something I value and practise. I found ceramics after moving to Cardiff. My new love of pottery steered my focus back to my Japanese culture and rekindled a strong sense of pride in the quality and skill of Japanese craftsmanship.

Each particular spiral is determined by the speed of the wheel, pressure applied from the inside and the thickness of the faceted walls. I am drawn to this technique due to its organic nature. For me it conjures nostalgic imagery from the Izu coastline where I grew up, both from the ocean itself and the rippling effect the ocean leaves behind on the sand.