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Shino Takeda grew up on Kyushu island in southern Japan.  Kyushu has a rich history of ceramics and arts.  Shino’s mother admired and collected both. When Shino was a child her family would travel all around Japan to look at different art shows and visit ceramic artists studios.  Shino’s work is an appropriation of those more traditional Japanese art forms mixed with all the freshness of today’s New York City

All Shino’s work is hand-build and one of a kind that is searching for perfect imperfection, tracing memories, and making a story that  connects the old to the new.Continue reading→