When Hatanaka started making pottery at university, as she liked Korean pottery after she went to Korea to study in Buyeo, where is the origin of Japanese pottery. What attracted Hatanaka most in Korea was earthenware from the prehistoric period. After that, She went to see earthenware in museums in Europe and the Middle East, and she was moved by the common sense inherent in earthenware from all different places, regardless of where it was excavated. “I think earthenware answers the essential question of why people make things.” she said.
Regardless of the difference in land, culture and environment, the primitive and fundamental feelings held by people are the most touching. When creating, the most important key for Saki Hatanaka is the authentic, honest, and simple parts of the self.
Saki Hatanaka was born in Fukuoka City, Japan in 1995 and graduated from the Ceramics Department of Tokyo University of the Arts in 2020. In 2018, she went to Korea National University Cultural Heritage as an exchange student. She has many excellent works exhibited in Japan.
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