BIOGRAPHY

Alan Nuttall is the founder and owner of Hidden Moon Designs.

His passion for Japanese culture began when he was a teenager and studied Judo, Japanese martial art, and has grown since then.

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He has been working with clay for 11 years and loves the fact that ceramics is a combination of alchemy and pyromania, especially raku – a Japanese practice of glazing earthenware.

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Originally an accomplished abstract artist, Alan took these ideas into his ceramic work. Always looking for random, abstract and uniqueness in form and finish.

His current focus is on Japanese tableware (chawan, sake sets, rice and ramen bowls), but also one-off raku sculptures. His inspiration comes from the early raku masters, and he continues to strive to embrace the world of wabi-sabi.