Exhibition 【梶原靖元展】Exhibition of Kajihara Yasumoto

「昔の陶工はどうしていたのだろう」
梶原さんの作陶の軸には必ずこの問いがある。その答えは効率性や、昭和の桃山陶復興から続く「定説」とは全く別の場所にある。砂岩による土造り、
耐火煉瓦を用いない粘土による穴窯作り、陶工達の身の回りにあった草木と陶土・岩石を使った釉薬作り、短時間で一気に温度をあげる窯焚き…。聞けばそのどれもが実に合理的だが、実際の作業は驚く程に時間と手間がかかる。
労を厭わず実直に作陶に向き合った時、そこには古唐津の模倣ではない、まるでかつての陶工が新たな創作を喜ぶ様な、そんな作品が生まれてくるのである。

“How did the potter in the past do?”
Kajihara Yasumoto always asks himself, and the answer is never be with efficiency nor in the theory established in the time of Renaissance of Momoyama pottery in Showa era. Preparing clay from sandstone, the Anagama kiln made of no refractory bricks but clay, and glazes from plants, pottery clay and rock that have been in/around potters’ daily lives, he fires his kiln bringing the temperature high enough in a very short time. It actuary is logical, but takes so much time and effort.
His works are given birth as a result of all efforts and processes he devotes. It is not an imitation of Momoyama pottery. It is like a new invention by a potter with classic technique in the old age.