18 Apr 2016

Japanese Workshop Inima Pottery

With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.

Both have trained as craftsman and have since gone on to make a family business named Inima Pottery, which they founded in 1999.

Japanese Workshop Inima Pottery — Pottery from the Inima workshop, Japan. — Pottery from the Inima workshop, Japan.

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With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.

Both have trained as craftsman and have since gone on to make a family business named Inima Pottery, which they founded in 1999.

Specialising in porcelain and stoneware, they make vessels for everyday life that are made to stand the test of time.

Photography: Wataru Murakami

There’s a selection of pottery from the Inima workshop in our shop

The Inima Pottery studio is based in the village of Kawakami-mura in Yoshino, Nara Prefecture. A village that’s in the midst of the mountains and is especially known for its beautiful nature. The changes in season are particularly prevalent here, during the summer months there’s beautiful greenery, and in autumn Larch trees change their colour to red. White snow covers the ground in winter, and when spring comes the mountains are covered with fresh green leaves and blossoms.

This environment is what inspires owners Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, husband and wife team that make up Inima pottery. Yuichiro was born in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tomoko in Osaka, Yuichiro mainly specialises in porcelain and Tomoko in stoneware. The stoneware is particularly impressive, as Tomoko is able to create simple work that has a subtle colour scheme and a unique texture when held in the hand.

They take careful consideration when making their work to think about the user and how food would be placed on such a piece at meal time, not just visually but also in terms of functionality. Their goal with Inima has always been to make functional pottery that is warm and characterful, of which I think they’ve definitely succeeded. We hope you like this small feature which presents imagery from inside their workshop, we’re also really proud to present a selection we have on offer inside our shop . Although functional, their objects are also pieces of art.

“With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.”

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18 Apr 2016

Japanese Workshop Inima Pottery

With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.

Both have trained as craftsman and have since gone on to make a family business named Inima Pottery, which they founded in 1999.

With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.

Both have trained as craftsman and have since gone on to make a family business named Inima Pottery, which they founded in 1999.

Specialising in porcelain and stoneware, they make vessels for everyday life that are made to stand the test of time.

Photography: Wataru Murakami

There’s a selection of pottery from the Inima workshop in our shop

“With a motto of “Basic Use, Everyday Use”, husband and wife team, Yuichiro and Tomoko Suzuki, craft their pottery in the beautiful village of Kawakami-mura.”