Hiroshi Taruta

Hiroshi Taruta

Reticulated porcelain (Hotarude) · Seto, Aichi

Hiroshi Taruta is a porcelain artist in Seto, Aichi, home to one of Japan's Six Ancient Kilns. He specializes in hotarude, a technique in which carved openings are filled with transparent glaze so that light passes through the porcelain. Where most hotarude is made with small dots, Taruta carves fine lines, one of its most demanding forms, in tea cups, sake cups and sculptural pieces.