Midori Takaki is a Japanese artist based in Canterbury. She makes hand built stoneware sculptures, fired up to 1240C. Each piece has a character and its own story. She records her thoughts, feelings, imagination and observations in clay. Her works are her diary, "Ceramics is so close to nature. It is made from earth, water and fire. They can last almost forever". She feels very spiritual and finds it special to be able to create something almost eternal in a human sense from the three elements.