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Shigaraki Yunomi (set of two)
Thrown on the wheel from Shigaraki stoneware, fired in the electric kiln with a celadon glaze that breaks to pale amber on the rims. Each cup holds a…
¥8,400
Granite Crest Zone is a ceramics school in Kyoto's Nishijin district where beginners and experienced potters learn to throw, glaze, and fire with genuine forward energy. No slow Sunday-hobby pace, just real craft moving forward.
Thrown on the wheel from Shigaraki stoneware, fired in the electric kiln with a celadon glaze that breaks to pale amber on the rims. Each cup holds a…
¥8,400
Hand-faceted after throwing, using a wire tool to cut eight flat planes into the shoulder before the clay stiffens. Fired with an iron-oxide wash und…
¥14,200
Made specifically for the wood-fire and loaded into the anagama's hottest chamber. The natural ash deposit and carbon flashing are unrepeatable. No t…
¥22,000
A thrown jar with a thrown lid, fitted to within 0.5 mm by trimming both pieces together on the wheel. Glazed in a matte iron-black with a small circ…
¥18,600
Granite Crest Zone opened in October 2014 in a 90-year-old textile warehouse on Omiya-dori in Kyoto's Nishijin district. Haruki Nishimura had spent the previous year converting the space himself. Pulling out the old loom frames, pouring a …
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Every session runs with a maximum of six people. Haruki Nishimura can watch every pair of hands on every wheel, catch a wobble before it collapses, and give feedback that is actually specific to what you are doing.
Students at the intermediate level and above can enter work into the spring and autumn anagama wood-fire. The results are unpredictable and irreplaceable. Ash glaze patterns that no electric kiln can replicate.
We source all studio clay from Shigaraki, about 60 km east of the studio. It is dense, groggy, and honest. It tells you when you are rushing and rewards you when you slow down just enough.
Ask any pottery teacher what separates students who progress from students who plateau, and the…
Granite Crest Zone uses Shigaraki clay for all studio work, sourced from a supplier in…
The anagama is the oldest kiln form still in active use in Japan. A single, tunnel-shaped chamber…