Yuka Kikumoto ・菊本有花

 

Yuka Kikumoto is a designer and maker of functional tableware products using ceramics and glass.  She grew up in Japan, and currently lives in Stoke-on-Trent in England to learn about mass production of ceramics products.  After she studied product design for her BA in Japan, she came for studying slipcasting techniques in the UK.  Her ceramics combine processes and techniques from craft and industrial ceramic design. She considers that most vessels need to have more than one useful and simple function with the exception of container.  All her works are concentrated in how people actually use objects.  Her ambition is making indispensable and enriching objects for people's lives.

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菊本有花は陶磁器やガラスを使って食器、照明などの日用品やインテリアをデザインから製作しています。日本の香川県で生まれ育ち、愛知でプロダクトデザインを学び、インテリアコーディネートの仕事を経て、イギリスの陶器の産地ストーク・オン・トレントで大学院にて大量生産の鋳込みの技術、ceramic designを働きながら学びました。現在は、日本の磁器の発祥の地、有田にて窯元で働きながら、自分自身の制作活動にも力を入れています。菊本有花の陶磁器は、シンプルな形状の中にちょっとしたユニークな遊び心のアイディアがプラスされ、ミニマルな機能美のある、自然のものをモチーフにしたデザインをコンセプトに考えられています。実際に使ってくれる人のことをかんがえて、たくさんの人の暮らしに役立つものづくりを目指してます。

 

Education​

​2001-2005  

Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Product design course, Art education course,  Department of Education, Aichi University of Education, Japan

愛知教育大学教育学部造形文化コースプロダクトデザイン卒業

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2012-2013

Master of Art , Contemporary Craft (Ceramics), University for the Creative Arts, UK

UCA芸術大学現代工芸陶芸コース修了

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2014-2016

Master of Art, Ceramic Design, Staffordshire University, UK

スタッフォードシャー大学院陶芸デザインコース卒業

 

 

Award

 

2015. Future Light International Ceramics Competition

 

 

Working Experience

 

Ricordi & Sfera Ltd.

Takara Standard Co., Ltd.

New Ashgate Gallery

Staffordshire University Campus & Commercial Services

Derby Japanese School

Reiko Kaneko Design Ltd.

Riso Porcelain Ltd.  / 李荘窯業所

Creative Residency Arita / クリエイティブレジデンシー有田 現地コーディネーター

Bunsyohgama/ 文翔窯

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Artist in Residence

2014

Ceramic Caltual Park, Artist in Residence, Shiga, Japan

滋賀県立陶芸の森アーティストインレジデンス修了

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2016

Banks Mill Studio, Derby University, UK

​バンクス・ミルスタジオスタジオアーティスト

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2021-

Akaeza, Arita, Japan

赤絵座

 

 

Exhibition

 

 

2013.06

New Designers 

Business Design Centre, London, UK

 

 

2013.09

MA de show 

University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK

 

 

2013.10

ISCAEE Ceramic Symposium in Antalya, Turky

 

 

2013.11

Dandelion 

Crypt Gallery, London, UK

 

 

2014.03

Canary Whalf Window Gallery  (Solo Exhibition) 

Canary Whalf Shopping Cemtre, London, UK 

 

 

2014.08

Little Planet  (Solo Exhibition)

Shigaraki, Shiga, Japan

 

 

2014.10

Green Marche 

Gallery Fukamidori, Kyoto, Japan

 

 

2015.03

Ceramic Sale in the Park 

Burgess Park, London, UK

 

 

2015.04.26

Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

Altrincham Grammar School for BoysMarlborough Rd,Hale, WA14 2RS, UK

 

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2015.06.12-06.20

Show & TELL Degree Show 2015

Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

 

 

2015.06.24-06.27

New Designers 

Business Design Centre, London, UK

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2015.09.24-09.27

Ceramics in the City

Geffrye Museum, London, UK

 

 

2015.09.08-09.11

Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

Old Granada Studio,  23 Belfield Rd, Didsbury, Manchester, UK

 

 

2015.10.10-10.11

Innovations in Ceramic Arts

The Guildhall Cambridge, Market Square, Cambridge, UK

 

 

2015.10.21-10.22

Future Lights International Ceramic Competition

Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

 

 

2015.11.12-15

Hand Made in Britain

Chelsea Old Town Hall, London

 

 

2015.11.28-29 &12.5-6

Lowe and Co. Pop Up Shop

Manchester, UK

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2016.02.12-16

Ambiente

Messe Frankfurt, Germany

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2016.04.23-05.28

Eastern Aethetics

Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, UK

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2016.06.10-06.18

Show & TELL Degree Show 2016

Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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2016.06.29-07.01

New Designers 

Business Design Centre, London, UK

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2016.09.23-09.25

Ceramics in the City

Geffrye Museum, London, UK

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2017.09.23-11.05

British Ceramic Biennial 2017

Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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2019.03.10-03.17

Munich Creative Business Week

HFF Munchen, Munchen, Germany

 

 

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2019.09.07-10.13

British Ceramic Biennial 2019

Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

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2019.10.26-2020.03.01

FUTURE LIGHTS IN CERAMICS 

Porzellanikon Hohenberg und Selb, Germany

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​2017-2023

有田陶器市

ARITA CERAMIC FESTIVAL

中山陶和堂　Nakayama Porcelain shop

​赤絵座　Akaeza

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2022.10.27-10.30

ててて商談会、商店街

Tetete Traders Expo & All Rignht Market

コクヨ東京品川オフィス　Kokuyo Tokyo Shinagawa THE CAMPUS、Japan

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2023.05.24-05.30

博多阪急 7階

「ヒュッゲな暮らしのうつわ展」2人展

Hakata Hankyu ７th floor　, Fukuoka, Japan

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2023.09.22-09.24

Ceramics in the City

Museum of the Home, London, UK

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2023.11.11-11.12

第5回肥前やきもの圏作家展

Hizen Pottery Area Artist Exhibition

やきもの公園、波佐見、長崎

Pottery Park, Hasami, Nagasaki, Japan

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2024

有田陶器市

ARITA CERAMIC FESTIVAL

​赤絵座　Akaeza

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