Signed on the foot

Yoshimi Futamura (B. 1959) is a Japanese ceramist born in Nagoya and living in Paris since 1986.
Her works seem to be natural, mineral or organic creations. They can evoke a rock face, a geological substratum, vegetal or animal organisms.
She gives names such as Ecorce, Roots, Rhizomes, Earthen Waves to her works.
The sometimes random reactions of the firing process also accompany the artist’s work through the transformations made.
The effects produced are often contrasting and expressive, such as creases, crushing, burns, given by cracks, irregularities, differences in thickness.
Rough surfaces can also be emphasised by the contrast of more traditional and smooth sophisticated glazes in the vicinity.

“The earth is the raw material of my work. I strive to express its energy and natural strength. Earth plus Water plus Fire. It is thanks to these three elements that I can give birth to a new life.” Y. Futamura

Works in public  collections :
AIC Ariana Museum in Geneva
Yale University Art Gallery, USA
Musée National des Arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris
The Brooklyn Museum, USA
New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan
World Ceramic Exposition Foundation, Korea
Shimoda City Museum,Shizuoka, Japan