Mako Nishimori
Mako Nishimori is a ceramic artist from Kochi, Japan. Mako owns Togei Kyoshitsu in Manhattan, NY, a studio that teaches Japanese traditional methods of ceramics. Founded under the principle that food and art are complimentary in 1994, Togei brings the same aesthetics of Japan to NYC. Mako plays an active role as a director of the Tokyo-NY ceramic competition dating back to 1999.