Kumquats are called kinkan 金柑 in Japanese, meaning “golden citrus.” The scientific name is Citrus …
Alongside the first-time English publication of his essays, an exhibition on the Mono-ha artist surveys his ex…
Inherited from tales by Buddhist preachers and now secularised, this solo performance involves a storyteller m…
The white star is particularly celebrated in Japan and has inspired various artists, whose works are featured …
The potato is native to the Americas; the Incas are believed to have been the first to cultivate wild tubers a…
You can tell that September was the busiest time at work when all I could manage to write about was putting to…
‘Are you a collector or a maker?’ a chatty chap asked me during a ceramics exhibition months ago. …
How are the three objects pictured above — a broom, a bright pink bush and a package of greenish-black s…
My interest in Korean ceramics had been growing over the years, at first as a way to better understand its Ja…
When we think about traditional craft objects, the first image that comes to mind is that of old things, vinta…
