ania : SHOWS”
é HIS STYLE

| Dressed in blue denim work.
| ing shirt and trousers; “Mr
> Shoji Hamada, the expert
:| Japanese potter visiting Auck-

Jand, yesterday demonstrated

|his style on the wheel before

3% Auckland potters. :
eens “| The demonstration “Was.
eae St: given in the Mt Albert War
Memorial Hall for two hours
‘during the afternoon.

A special platform had to be
wierected al the level Gf the
wheel for Mr Mamada to sit
) On. He is one of many Japan
}ese potters, who sit cross’
legged at their wheels ‘

His effortless style was a
source of amazement io the
audience of senior patiers waa
3 could appreciate the experi-
e\ ence of the 70-year-old master
craftsman.

Mr Hamada, a director of
the Japanese Folk Craft
Museum in Tokyo, will make:
a final demonstration at a:
Sifiim evening in the hal
tonight.

He will fly to Sydney tomor-

ab