Yoneshi Matsuda works on the Japanese island of Okinawa, an island steeped in pottery traditions. Geographically isolated from Japan, Okinawa developed a style and tradition of its own, which Yoneshi follows with passionate zeal. At an early age he was served dinner at a friend’s house on traditional old Okinawan pottery, and was struck by the beautiful simplicity of the pottery, together with the wonders of the country food. It formed in him an ambition to make such pottery, an ambition he has so successfully mastered.