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Shinobu Oki (Pottery Painter)

Last Updated January 18, 2024

Shinobu Oki Meister face photo

A large tree
A ceramic artist

Selection for FY2020 (25th term)
Lives and works in Aoba Ward

Born in Saitama in 1968
Established Louis Poserene in 2005
1st grade ceramics manufacturing technician (with picture)
Manufacturing Meister (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
Pottery painting certification (Nagoya Ceramics Hall)
Portrait Certification, Arida Overpainting Certification, Arida Dyeing Certification (both Vogue Japan)

I hope it will be a work that will be loved and valued by the world 100 years later.

"When I draw a picture on ceramics, I hope that it will be an antique that will be loved and valued by the world 100 years later," says Oki.

Mr. Oki thinks, "I want to convey the beauty of hand-drawn and the beauty of the finish so that it can be a lively expression, dynamism, and life even in the momentum drawn with a" one-stroke "." When drawing a pet, I pay attention to the brilliance of the eyes staring at the owner and the texture of the wet nose, and aim to create a work that makes you feel warmth and breath.

While making the most of the techniques left by the ancestors, he actively incorporates modern techniques and draws love for animals in one stroke.

For people from the general public to those who are aiming to become painting instructors, in addition to training at home salons, we also conduct online training using SNS and WEB conference services, and we are working hard to foster undergraduates. You.

Meister's skill

The work of Shinobu Oki Meister

In addition to working on a wide range of works from Japanese to Western using traditional techniques with ceramics paintings, as a pioneer in painting of pet portraits, he has announced and received orders for works that are closely related to the owner's thoughts based on his uniquely established drawing method. I am.

It is very difficult to finish the oil-soluble hand-painted painting by putting paint on the background in one time, and it is a unique way of drawing porcelain filled with all the skills of craftsmen who have been handed down from generation to generation.

In addition, we use blur brushes and gold dust brushes used in dyeing to express unique fur and textures, and effectively use Kutani and Arida paints for Western painting.

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The painting work of Shinobu Oki Meister

After graduating from junior college, he trained under Toshinari Sabu, a hand-painted Western-style painting that won the national “Excellent Technician (modern master craftsman)”, and studied with various traditional skills holders in Japan and overseas. Learn a variety of Japanese and Western techniques.

While holding solo exhibitions at department stores and selling works, he has been running the painting salon "Loui Poseren" since 2005.

Shinobu Oki Meister's work (plate)