• Hitoshi is a second-generation Bizen ware ceramicist
• He enjoys working with yakishime, a technique that highlights his every move
• His four-year apprenticeship shaped his approach towards life and making

Hitoshi Morimoto is captivated by yakishime, the traditional, almost primitive ceramics technique. “There is no room for faking skill in yakishime," he says. This high-temperature, unglazed firing technique reveals every trace of the maker's hand, as well as the raw texture of clay, which makes each piece an honest reflection of its making process. Hitoshi creates Bizen ware, one of Japan’s Six Ancient Kilns, which still thrives in both tradition and scale. He apprenticed under master Toyoba Seiya before returning home as a skilled Mino-ware ceramicist. "I describe my training as 'learning life itself'. My master often said that ceramics can be learned quickly if one has the foundation of life skills – a truth I came to understand only years later," Hitoshi says.