Hiroshi Ogawa Oral History Interview

Interviewee: Hiroshi Ogawa
Interviewer: Elizabeth Uhlig
Interview Date: March 8, 2008
Location: Ogawa workshop, Elkton, Oregon
Duration: 2:02:41
 

Hiroshi Ogawa was born and raised in Pasadena, California, in 1941. His family was interned in Gila Bend, Arizona for four years. He went to college at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he first started making pottery, graduating in 1963. He taught pottery in public school until 1969 when he went to Japan to study Buddhism and pottery. He met his wife, Keiko, in Japan and after returning to California in 1972, he set up a studio in Carmel Valley. They eventually moved to Elkton, Oregon in 1981. Since then he has operated his pottery studio with a Japanese wood fired kiln, or hikari-gama. He has built a community of potters who share in the experience of firing the kiln.

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Title

Hiroshi Ogawa Oral History Interview

Description

Hiroshi Ogawa was born and raised in Pasadena, California, in 1941. His family was interned in Gila Bend, Arizona for four years. He went to college at the University of California at Santa Barbara where he first started making pottery, graduating in 1963. He taught pottery in public school until 1969 when he went to Japan to study Buddhism and pottery. He met his wife, Keiko, in Japan and after returning to California in 1972, he set up a studio in Carmel Valley. They eventually moved to Elkton, Oregon in 1981. Since then he has operated his pottery studio with a Japanese wood fired kiln, or hikari-gama. He has built a community of potters who share in the experience of firing the kiln.

Creator

Hiroshi Ogawa

Source

Japanese-American Association of Lane County, Oregon, Oral History Collection

Publisher

Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries

Date

March 8, 2008

Contributor

Elizabeth Uhlig

Format

Born Digital

Language

English

Type

Oral History

Identifier

oh15-ogawa-hiroshi-20080308

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Elizabeth Uhlig

Interviewee

Hiroshi Ogawa

Location

Ogawa workshop, Elkton, Oregon

Original Format

Born Digital

Duration

2:02:41

OHMS Object

Interview Format

audio