As the winter months draw to a close, Jun Kaneko and his studio assistants have been deeply engaged in the hand-building of a new series of Dangos, each formed from Jun’s distinctive stoneware clay body. This physically demanding process emphasizes scale, surface, and material presence, indicators that have long defined Kaneko’s sculptural practice.
Alongside the building process, the studio has been conducting extensive glaze testing, refining color, texture, and surface with great care. Newly completed works are now being carefully glazed in preparation for kiln firing in the coming months. Through this transformative stage, the surfaces will shift in subtle and often unexpected ways, revealing the dynamic interplay between clay, glaze, and fire that is central to Kaneko’s work.