Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics
Shimabuku, Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics
Shimabuku, Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics
Shimabuku, Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics
Shimabuku, Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics
Catching octopus
I really felt at home in Albisola, because it had the sea, mountains and octopuses just like my hometown of Kobe! I was so surprised to see octopus dishes in the hotel restaurant!
I started to wonder how people in Albisola catch the octopus. In my hometown, people catch octopuses using ceramic pots. They simply string many pots on a long rope and let them sink to the bottom of the sea. No bait is used. When the trap is retrieved in 24 to 48 hours, the octopuses are found inside the pots. This method takes advantage of the fact that octopuses like narrow spaces. Danilo, my ceramics craftsman told me that Italian people used to use a similar method a long, long time ago.
Danilo and I decided to do things the ancient Italian and my hometown’s way and catch octopus in present-day Albisola using self-made ceramic pots.
Shimabuku
Catching Octopus with self-made ceramics by Shimabuku was made in Albisola in 2003 during the 2nd Biennial of Ceramics in Contemporary Art.
