I studied pottery for a semester in Arita, Japan where I quickly specialised in wheel thrown porcelain. Along the mere technical formation, I navigated through different axes of reflexion ; the daily routine of throwing pots nurtured an extensive body of notes to be written, sometime further included in the pots ; I found in the history of technics and obsolete uses the origin of the settled shape and typology of pots I learned to recognise ; I studied pottery as a social discipline, with its contrasted, proud or hidden practices, from hobbyists to forced labour ; I pondered and experimented on the function of decoration, both symbolic and functional. Finally, I developed an heteroclite body of functional yet conceptually loaded ware, with a personal formal vocabulary of foot, rim, handles and decorations. All of this backing up a potential ceramic practice to be brought back home for the future. To conclude the semester, an exhibition was organised where I displayed my pots on the shelves of the school library, as many books and ideas, transitionary or proto object, to read. The majority of the production ended offered to people and places, a small portions brought back and offered to friends and family; and I keep the few pots left for personal use.