Ceramic Artist: SHO YAMAMOTO

Sho Yamamoto (b. 1980) is a ceramicist based in Izu, Japan. He graduated from Iwata Agricultural High School and studied at Morley College. He has shared studios with Edith Juhasz and Mizuyo Yamashita. Among additional influences, he cites Mississippi potter Emmett Collier.

Mostly thrown on the wheel, followed by careful trimming, glazing, and firing, Sho’s ceramics are characterised by functionality and minimalist beauty. Tableware in both cool and warm earth tones range from large and small bowls to dinner plates and serving platters, as well as coffee mugs, teapots, cups, and saucers. Table centerpieces take the form of broad vases or groupings of smaller long-necked bud vases.

Handbuilt decorative items consist of segmented raku tiles with leafy imprints or larger bulbous forms suggestive of smoothed stone and rock. Increasingly, Sho accepts commissions for larger sculptural works, whether singular free-standing vertical pieces or clusters of multiple forms arrayed horizontally.

Further respected as a senior hairstylist—with a loyal Hampstead clientele plus Milan Fashion Week assignments —Sho Yamamoto brings the same concern with client satisfaction to his pottery. He invests time first and foremost in ascertaining personal tastes, aesthetic preferences, everyday routines, and customary usages. 

Photographed by Sho Yamamoto

Sho-Ceramic: @sho_ceramic

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