Natural Ash Sculptural Form

Shozo Michikawa was born in 1953 in Hokkaido, Japan.He lives and works in Seto.He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1975, wherehe completed his studies in economics. A few years later heabandoned the economic world and began to devote himself tohis passion for ceramics, becoming, over the years, one of themost recognised Japanese ceramists on a global scale.In his artistic production, he starts from everyday forms such as bowls, vases andjars. These, with a clever use of the potter’s wheel, dynamicallytake shape in the air, thanks to their spiral structure and the sharpgeometric lines that mark their surface.