Based in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan, ceramic artist Takashi Endo presents organic textures in the shape of incredibly lightweight ceramics. Through his ceramic forms, Endo explores notions of fragility, durability, and Ensō, the Zen interpretation of the circle. With a self-taught practice spanning decades, Endo works with a combination of porous clays, most notably purion clay sourced from the Iga and Shigaraki regions, part of the Six Ancient Kilns of Japan. After a reduction firing method followed by cold reduction, purion clay reveals natural artifacts within such as feldspar and other minerals. Endo intentionally presents these organic textures, finishing pieces in a raw, monochromatic palette to express the true nature of the clay.