GOURD AND HORSE

Studio Gourd ("Hyoutan Koubou" ひょうたん工房) is run by ceramicist and sculptor Akiyama Naoko. Delicately designed stoneware pieces are handcrafted in her studio, located in Stroud at the western edge of the Cotswolds. Aki creates beautiful forms by hand throwing, modelling, casting and building, as well as inlaying. Her pieces are finished with fine translucent glazes together with rich colours to produce this original collection... Aki originally trained as a sculptor within the classical disciplines in Tokyo, Japan. Among working in other materials as diverse as stone, metal, plaster and resin, she found the honest and refined qualities of clay, which generously involves the direct and tactile process of working by hand to be her chosen medium.

Primary location: Stroud United Kingdom