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A Living National Treasure -Yasuo Terada by Keith Rice-Jones

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Japanese potters. Yasva Terada was one of

them.

Meeting Yasuo was one of those wondrous

ndipicy —zhrough a gallery

vo was a friend of the principal o

Scheel with

the Nagoya Internationa

whom we were staying. What a memorable

t with Yasuo in his home
llery room, filling in

evening We S|

oH i che longuame gaps

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with our shared passion for pots

of work from. tradi:
Oribe style (he’s a 4th generation poreer)

at torms - at the

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reven ovend Bayer's -
Suiprural pieces.

i <4 0 che book, ia
monolithic 80 conne piece thar was made
and fired in place. The kiln was built
over it and later removed. Yasuo uses
gold in a variery of
lively discussion on the relative merits of
old paint - try

chat with lienized common language!

ways and we hada

ecld leat, gold lusere and ¢

nature forms that uses gold

Cine of his sf

lustre is based on puaripims. These cone

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