Forming

A pottery can be shaped with an electric potter’s wheel or a mold such as a pressure or sludge casting apparatuses.
As for hand-building, potteries are formed into shape by a tuner one by one.

Painting

First, an artist called “Etsuke-shi” outlines patterns on a pottery and then, another artist called “Dami-shi” applies paint on the inside of the patterns with thick brushes. The thick paint makes the colors with gradation, resulting in the painting appear three-dimensional.

Firing (reduction firing)

After the glazing step, potteries are placed in a trolley, loaded into a kiln and fired at 1300 degrees Celsius.