Shoko had an article published in the March/April 2011 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated about working with slabs and bisque molds to make a bird boat. 

Click here for article.  ShapeandShave.pdf

Upcoming Events


  2. “Yunomi” @ AKAR

  3. Opens Online April 19, 2013


  5. St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour

  6. Connee Mayeron’s studio

  7. Taylors Falls, MN

  8. May 10, 11, 12     2013


  10. Potters Market Invitational 2013

  11. Mint Museum of Art

  12. September 7, 2013

  13. Charlotte, NC

Shoko creates her characters based on human relations and things she has experienced.  “To me it is much easier to draw owls than humans.  I don't want to tell specific stories to people, I want people to create their own. Sometimes.....”

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Upcoming Workshops


  2. Archie Bray Foundation Workshop

  3. co-taught with Matt Kelleher

  4. “An invitation to Slow Down”

  5. June 10 - 14,  2013

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Shoko Teruyama was a recipient of the 2010-2011 North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship Grant for Craft Media.  www.ncarts.org