Winter Fuji

Roger Shimomura, artist

born 1939

Winter Fuji, 1979

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: glaze; ceramic

Credit line: Gift of Marilyn Stokstad

Accession number: 2015.0136.a,b

Not on display

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Staging Shimomura

This ceramic work by Roger Shimomura portrays the iconic snow-capped Mt. Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan. It was originally part of a set of four, each one depicting the mountain during a different season. After a crash course in pottery with ceramic artist Patti Warashina in Washington, Shimomura obtained a KU Faculty Research Grant and hired graduate student Lynn Uhlmann to assist with throwing and firing while he concentrated on hand building and glazing. They produced 45 ceramic works. Shimomura first became interested in ceramics in the late 1970s, which culminated in 1979 with an exhibition of his ceramics at Kellas Gallery in Lawrence, Kansas.

Staging Shimomura