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Core Kyoto S11E16 — Crawling Through Mud: Avant-Garde Ceramicists Break With Tradition

Core Kyoto•Season 11•Episode 16

Crawling Through Mud: Avant-Garde Ceramicists Break With Tradition

Nov 2, 202328 min

Kyoto has been a thriving pottery production center since the 17th century. After World War II, young men born into pottery families formed Sodeisha, literarily "Crawling through Mud Association." This group of avant-garde artists created objets d'art that deviated from traditional pottery, in the pursuit

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Gary Tegler

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Episode Summary

"Crawling Through Mud: Avant-Garde Ceramicists Break With Tradition" is episode 16 of Core Kyoto season 11. It aired on November 2, 2023.

Next: E17 · Stonework: Masons Shape a Solid City Presence Best of Season 11