Dublin Core
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