
Koyo Matsui松井康陽
1962-
There are various methods and techniques to decorate ceramic art. The most common method is drawing a picture onto the surface of a piece. However, MATSUI uses Neriage, or marbling, which is a unique technique involving kneading and incorporating various pigmented clays with high temperature tolerances into white clay, and then cutting and layering to compose a design. One notable feature of this technique is that the marbling design is revealed on both the outer and inner surface of the ceramic pieces.

Awards
AWARDS
| 1991 | Selected for Japan Traditional Art and Crafts Festival(92~97/99~15) |
| 1992 | Selected for the 32nd New Traditional Craft Exhibition (1993-2007) |
| 1993 | Selected for Japan Ceramic Exhibition (95/97/99/01/05/07/11/13/15/17) |
| 1997 | Awarded Mainichi-taisho Award at Ceramic Exhibition of North Kanto |
| 1998 | Awarded the Encouragement Award at Japan Traditional Art and Crafts Festival |
| 1999 | Invited to exhibit at the NHK-sponsored “100 of Japanese Craft” Exhibition in Paris |
| 2006 | Awarded the Itaya Hazan Award at Ibaraki Prefectural Art Festival |