Mixed Floral Nerikomi Bowl

Size: 6.5 x 3"

Eiko Maeda:
"It was my innate love of art that brought me to the Joshibi University of Art and Design in Tokyo where I specialized in Japanese lacquer (Urushi). During that time I began to appreciate the deep connection among art, culture and Japanese history, while developing a particular interest in the deeply rooted tradition of Japanese ceramics. It was years later, after moving to Montreal, that I chose to fully pursue this passion by taking up the study of ceramics at the Visual Arts Centre, where I learned to translate my existing skills into a new medium.

Today, I work in my own house studio in Woodbridge, ON (north of Toronto). I devote my life to my work, through which I strive to express the elegance, feminine beauty, delicacy and modesty of Japanese culture. 

I have been exploring a new style of ceramics technique, called nerikomi. I have been trained under Eiji Murofushi, one of the pioneers in the field of nerikomi ceramics. I fell in love with  nerikomi and its unlimited possibilities of expression. Currently in my own studio in Ontario, Canada, I devote my life to my work through which I strive to express the elegance, beauty, delicacy, and modesty of Japanese culture."