Handcrafted by Nagoya-based potter - Inoue Shigeru. For his works, he prefers to use rough and crumbly unprocessed clay, and applies natural slip and glazes that are mixed using feldspar exposed to the rain and sun. He is adamant about using natural materials and methods to create the desired depth and rusticity in his finished work. He fires his pots in a gas kiln with minimal airflow, known as reduction firing. By doing so, he forces oxygen to be drawn out of the clay bodies and glazes, causing random pink shades to appear in the glaze, known as gohonte.