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To support his goal of opening an independent kiln, he also worked for several years as a web and graphic designer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Miki initially trained in porcelain, he came to be drawn to the freedom of expression in pottery. He returned to Tottori and began working as an independent potter in 2013, while continuing to develop his skills at Nakai Kiln — a leading Japanese folk craft kiln — under master potter Akira Sakamoto. He now produces at his own kiln and also teaches pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, Miki has been working to perfect the texture of traditional \u003cem\u003eame\u003c\/em\u003e glazes in combination with \u003cem\u003eshinogi\u003c\/em\u003e (linear-patterned) vessels, and has even reconstructed a lead-free version of galena glaze, a European glaze that is no longer made because of its lead content. 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