{"title":"Aono Pottery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW46991630 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46991630 BCX4\"\u003eOriginally from the Japanese island of Shikoku, Brighton-based ceramicist Hiroko Aono-Billson began working with clay over 30 years ago while studying at Morley College in London. Influenced by her mother’s collection of Japanese ceramics and the Mingei movement, which translates to ‘folk craft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46991630 BCX4\"\u003e’,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW46991630 BCX4\"\u003e her work blends terracotta earthenware with the sgraffito technique, where hand-built forms are finished with decorative slips. Her signature motif, the Harmony Bird, has long woven through her creative life, appearing on everything from her daughter’s T-shirts to embroidered handbags—and now, on her distinctive slipware pottery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW46991630 BCX4\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335551550\":1,\"335551620\":1,\"335559685\":0,\"335559737\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":160,\"335559740\":279}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0641\/4096\/8152\/collections\/Ano_Pottery.jpg?v=1746783076","url":"https:\/\/www.abask-ch.com\/en-us\/collections\/aono-pottery.oembed","provider":"ABASK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}