When you collect these works, you're collecting pieces of the earth. The crystal-shaped work "Kakera" (In English: Fragments) was made by collecting fallen fragments from when stone turns to clay, adding a little shape, and then baking it without kneading the clay. This straightforward act of returning clay back to stone really makes one feel the raw beauty of the earthenware he pursues. Interestingly, the piece titled "Nohara” (In English: Fields) is made using grass and flowers. It's fascinating that he, a known potter, would create a piece that isn't baked, but perhaps the act of plucking grass that grows from the soil and boiling it over a wood fire isn't too far off from pottery. The piece "Kubomi" (In English: Hallow) highlights the act of pottery making itself. It shows the scene of baking outdoors, in which mud is poured into a hollow made in ash, over which firewood is then placed to burn. Its "catching" form serves as a metaphor for vessels, as if to return to the starting point of earthenware. Most of the works fit in the palm of one's hand, and when lined up they can truly be seen as specimens of our earth.