Inspired by the technique of pâte de verre (※1), Nonaka Rintaro creates his own unique pieces. He creates a mold, pours melting clay and clay rough stone into it, and then carves them to complete the piece. This results in pieces with unique textures that are one of a kind. Although it is a piece designed as a flower vase, it is also a very beautiful piece as an interior object.

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Pâte de verre is an ancient glass-making technique that originated in ancient Mesopotamia before Christ. It involves putting glass beads into a mold with a paste, firing the mold, and then breaking the mold to remove the glass.

Inspired by the technique of pâte de verre (※1),Nonaka Rintaro creates his own unique pieces. He creates a mold, pours melting clay and clay rough stone into it, and then carves them to complete the piece. This results in
pieces with unique textures that are one of a kind. He also uses the technique of Kairagi (※2) to create a bumpy texture that users can enjoy not only by looking at it, but also by touching it.

Many of his works have uneven surfaces rather than being flat. They represent his own body and the deep emotions that overflow and ooze from within, such as anger, sadness, and joy. From his works you can sense that humans are never uniform and flat like robots, but their lives sensing the waves of unevenness. In order to create the texture that he desires, he continues to engage in experimental exploration by looking at materials, glazes, new techniques, and unique firing methods from various angles to produce his works.

When talking about where he gets inspiration for his uniquely textured works, he said that he sometimes gets inspiration from artworks other than his own. He says that he often visits art museums when he finds an artwork that catches his eye. He also said that art is consumable. He said that consumable means about absorbing and circulating the energy that is needed at each moment, as the energy felt from a work varies depending on the time. He feels that the art he likes changes depending on his state of mind, and by enjoying the art that suits him at each moment, he also seems to get inspiration for his own work from completely different works.

While facing his own heart honestly, he lets himself be influenced by natural reactions which are characteristic of him.

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Pâte de verre is an ancient glass-making technique that originated in ancient Mesopotamia before Christ. It involves putting glass beads into a mold with a paste, firing the mold, and then breaking the mold to remove the glass.

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The Kairagi technique involves applying a layer of muddy white clay over clay that has been shaped. The clay is then dried and bisque fired to remove the moisture, but because the clay shrinks at different rates than the white clay, cracks are created in the white clay applied on top.

Based on this Kairagi technique, he applies glaze mixed with feldspar powder with a brush to his shaped pieces, then adds heat to create a bumpy surface. He controls chance and creates the shrinkage as one of the textures.