Takeshi Yasuda: A Pioneer of Contemporary Ceramics Takeshi Yasuda (安田 武, Yasuda Takeshi) stands as a towering figure in the British ceramics community and, more broadly, within the global dialogue surrounding craft and artistic innovation. Born in Tokyo, Japan (1943), his formative years were steeped in the traditions of Mashiko pottery – a region renowned for its distinctive ash-glazed stoneware – where he embarked on a lifelong jour…