Webinar Series: Exploring Japan’s Best Kept Secrets, Volume 3 – Japanese Ceramics

Japan Institute of Portland Japanese Garden invites you to deepen your knowledge of the aesthetic essence underlying Japanese art and craft. In December, the third and final installment of this three-part webinar series invites Steve Beimel from JapanCraft21 to speak on the artistry of everyday ceramic vessels that Japanese craftspeople make extraordinary. The first part of this series, held in October, is focused on the craftsmanship invested into Kyoto’s Japanese gardens. The second installment, held in November, looks more deeply at Japanese aesthetics through the nation’s crafts. Born from earth and fire, the ceramic arts encapsulate many of the aesthetic principles discussed throughout the series and correspond with Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru. This show, running September 28 through January 27, 2025, features master conservator and artist Naoko Fukumaru’s skilled work through the craft of kintsugi, a 500-year-old Japanese method of beautifully restoring broken ceramics with lacquer and gold.