The annual UNM Winter Student Porcelain Sale is set for Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5-6 in the Atrium of the Fine Arts Building located on the first floor in the College of Fine Arts. Hours for the event are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday.  

Student-handmade porcelain bowls, cups, plates and vases will be available for sale. Credit cards will be accepted.

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Porcelain bowls, cups, plates and vases will be available for sale.

The student made artwork is created through the Arita Porcelain Vessels Program, which introduces UNM students to traditional creative processes from Arita, Japan that have evolved over the past 400 years. Students practice ‘art as a way, not a thing’ resulting in layers of creative practice within each porcelain form.

This handmade ‘true porcelain’ is the most durable ceramic, with glaze colors becoming brilliant and translucent after the firing. Students create functional works reflecting a unique aesthetic from this time and place, with the connection to a living art.

Traditional porcelain processes from Arita were introduced to UNM’s faculty by Sensei Manji Inoue, holder of an ‘Important Intangible Cultural Property’ of Japan. Sensei Inoue continues to share this international art with students at UNM, since 1980 – one of the few universities in the world with the distinction to create porcelain within this contemporary tradition.

For more information, email aritaunm@unm.edu.