Etsy Spotlight: Mayumi Yamashita

clear glazed speckled rimmed pocket-size bowl (kohiki) ($19.51)

Today, I'd similar to portion amongst y'all unopen to other favorite Japanese ceramicist on Etsy, Mayumi Yamashita. In a footing affected past times a high-speed madness too a multitasking frenzy, the creations of Mayumi experience similar an oasis of calmness too rejoice. An excuse to seize the moment, remain inwards quiet too purposefully drink on a warm tea waiting for the 24-hour interval to unfold its natural beauty inwards forepart of your eyes. Follow me, afterwards the jump, to larn to know Mayumi too her inspiring ceramics.

Tell us a piddling chip nearly yourself too your store.

I was born too grew upward inwards the smallest coastal surface area (Kagawa) inwards south-west Japan. I studied fashion pattern too tailoring at college inwards Tokyo too fabric pattern too ceramics at academy inwards the UK. I’ve gear upward ain studio inwards my hometown a few years agone too piece of occupation equally a potter since then.


How/when did y'all realize that your honey for creating tin travel something to a greater extent than than a hobby?

My parents used to run sewing/knitting mill too I loved spending fourth dimension in that place thus growing upward amongst skilled arts and crafts people too admiring their craftsmanship must conduct maintain influenced my inventiveness too travel a maker. I ever wanted to travel someone who tin brand a living anywhere amongst her ain skills too inventiveness too wanted to exercise something solely I tin do, no ane else does.

rusty greyness faceted mug ($33.44)

What was the outset affair y'all sold on your store?

I nonetheless vividly retrieve that a Slovakian creative mortal bought ane of my porcelain lidded jounce amongst pocket-size people shaped knob. All the lidded jars had teeny tiny people on them dorsum then.


Which of the product/s y'all conduct maintain inwards the store is/are the most pop amongst your customers? Why exercise y'all intend is that?

Teapots are pop fifty-fifty they are the most expensive item inwards my shop. They country that it’s quite hard to uncovering similar my teapots inwards their countries.

matte glazed speckled rimmed medium bowl (kohiki) ($44.59)

Do y'all conduct maintain whatever favorites from your collection?

I similar the ‘incised’ too the ‘faceted’ collection. I tend to await for somewhere that tin travel incised/faceted on my pottery! I gauge I mildly obsessed amongst that. It requires ane to 2 to a greater extent than processes merely I experience it worth the extra piece of occupation when I come across the finished work.


What product/s conduct maintain y'all enjoyed working on the most too why?

I honey making teapots too vases. Vases conduct maintain my unconditional honey too teapots conduct maintain my burning too rather intense love! For me, making teapot is equally exciting equally making ‘sculptural’ piece. Assembling bits too bits together to brand ane slice tin travel hard too frustrating because it needs to travel aesthetically pleasing yet needs to travel functional besides merely when y'all larn it right, it gives y'all quite a satisfaction.

rusty greyness faceted creamer ($28.80)

How exercise y'all commonly continue yourself inspired?

I commonly don’t travel looking for inspirations. I figured that if I exercise that, it tends to halt upward amongst no luck. Anything tin travel your inspirations really. The latest collection is inspired past times rusty vintage tin items too what I’ve been working on is inspired past times roasted too flavored beans I had.

What aspects of your business/store exercise y'all savor the most/least?

As a maker, of course, I savor ‘making pottery’ the most merely equally a business, I demand to exercise admin things quite a lot too they are non thus fun affair to do... As for the shop, ‘taking photos’ too ‘listing items amongst detailed description’ accept for ages fifty-fifty they are the most crucial component of running a webshop. I honey taking photos merely still, it’s real time-consuming.

brownish low-cal peppermint incised bowl ($39.94)

Tell us a feedback from a client that pose a smiling on your face.

I appreciate all the feedbacks too sometimes their requests/feedbacks would Pb to the inspirations for novel items. One thing, I’ve noticed that quite a lot of people purchase my pottery equally a gift. That makes me happy because someone chooses my shop/work from numberless shops on Etsy for someone special. If the mortal who receives my pottery is happy amongst it too thus the sender tin travel happy because of it. It’s similar ‘doubled happiness’ to me.


Is in that place whatever advice y'all would similar to give to people who desire to start their ain handmade business?

Make too sell what y'all love, non what people mightiness similar :) (This is my mantra!)

matte glazed speckled bluish rimmed pocket-size plate (kohiki) ($10.22)

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