NEW! #NOWNESSpresents⁠ ⁠ Atelier In Action: Arita by @giadabossi⁠ ⁠ With a population of around 20,000 people, almost everyone in Arita (有田) in western Saga Prefecture is engaged in work related to ceramics. ⁠ ⁠ After kaolin (the mineral essential to making porcelain) had been found at a local mountain it became the first place in Japan where porcelain was produced about 400 years ago, becoming famed for its ‘Arita-ware’.⁠ ⁠ Arita natives have a clear ethos of collaboration and mutual support. Click the link in bio to watch their process from raw clay extraction to finished products.⁠ ⁠ 人(_ _*)⁠ ⁠ ⁠ ⁠