Potters on Pots: Yo Thom

摘要

My first experience with clay was with my mother back home in Japan. She was taking pottery classes run by my primary school art teacher and used to make tableware and sculptures on our dining table. My sisters and I used to join in and make animals and simple vessels. To this day I can remember the excitement when my pieces came back from being glaze-fired - I felt so proud. After graduating from university in Japan with an English Language degree, I decided to come to the UK to study art and design. I didn't have any background in art prior to that, but I knew I liked working with three-dimensional materials rather than two-dimensional.