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Toshiko Takaezu developed her signature “closed form” after sealing her pots, she found her identity as an artist.Read on to know more about her life.
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Toshiko Takaezu

About Toshiko Takaezu Toshiko Takaezu was born in Pepeekeo, Hawaii. She traveled to Japan, where she studied Zen Buddhism and the techniques of traditional Japanese pottery, which influenced her work. Takaezu treated life with a sense of wholesomeness and oneness with nature; everything she did was to improve and discover herself. She

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