Young Pottery Exhibition

"Tonkan" "Growl" Even after finishing my evening office work and it was time to head home, the workshop downstairs was still bustling with activity.

It seems that the young men who have finished work are making plates as practice for carving chair seats with a plane.

KOMA's products contain my "ambiguous nuances."

For example, it requires a sensibility that is difficult to translate into a product, such as "not plump, but fluffy" or "not fizz, but smooth."

This is something that needs to be expressed with a blade, so it's not something that can be achieved overnight.

It requires the skill to read the grain of the wood and manipulate the plane as if it were a part of your hand, as well as the techniques to sharpen the blade and prepare the plane, and after repeatedly doing these things you will finally acquire something resembling sensitivity.

Each task has a minimum standard for quality and time, and only those who can meet that standard can join in. That's why before carving the chair seat, he practices by carving a plate.

However, the starting lineup is decided in order of performance, so even if you practice, there is no guarantee that you will be given the position you want.Seniority and past achievements are not taken into account, and the person who is most likely to produce results at that moment is selected.

It's a clear and harsh world where when someone goes up, someone else goes down.

I would like to evaluate each individual, but the only thing that matters is the results.

Effort is something you do on your own to ease your anxiety, and it is not something that should be particularly appreciated.

However, if you change your perspective a little and your efforts take concrete form, you will be able to pay the price.

In short, you can practice and create a work, and the company can buy it.

Furthermore, you will surely find it rewarding to be able to use materials and the workshop freely, and to have customers see and touch your work.

That's how the Wakashu Works system began, and before we knew it, it had been going on for five years.

As the saying goes, "persistence is power," each individual's individuality is beginning to be expressed.

And not only the workshop staff but also the young people in the shop are no less impressive.

He said, "I want to hold an event that is entirely youth-focused, from planning to exhibits."

He then boldly declared to the young people in the workshop, "The only condition for participation in this event is to make at least 50 plates! I'll do my best to sell them, so make them with all your might! Let's compete between the workshop and the shop!"

The competitive guys naturally responded, "Yes! Let's do it!"

In this way, a number of works were born from the combined energy of young people.

They're still rough around the edges, but each piece is a treasure to me.

Because every step they take is the future of KOMA.

Young Pottery Exhibition (sold out)
Date and time: March 17th (Friday) - 28th (Tuesday)
Location: KOMA shop
*The Young Pottery Exhibition has sold out and will close on March 19th.