“I believe becoming creative will give young people a great way to express their inner world, which sometimes is not easy to do only with words and text. Each person has great talents, which they never discover until touching the material and start making something by hand.” - Hitomi Hosono

“It is my intention to transfer the leaf’s beauty and detail into my ceramic work, using it as my own language to weave new stories for objects.” - Hitomi Hosono

Hosono’s detailed porcelain vessels reference the natural world and botanical specimens. Her work is held in many significant private and public collections worldwide. Hosono is a Japanese born artist working in the UK, her work is part of the collection of the Japanese galleries in the British Museum.