#5: Before building the Cherrico Pottery Studio, should I travel to Mashiko, Japan to research historical Japanese studios? *
Mashiko is filled with thousands of potters, many of whom grew up with pottery family traditions that span hundreds of years. I could travel to Japan to collect first-hand research on Mashiko studios, pottery wheels and kilns. Then, I would return to St. Joseph, Minnesota to build a studio modeled after historical, world-class, Japanese pottery studios.