題名：「ミュオンの軌跡」
”Muon trajectory”
技法：陶芸
Ceramic art
大きさ：H6.6cm x φ11.0cm
製作年：2022
解説：宇宙を駆け抜けるミュオンはまさに「猪突猛進」という言葉をも思い浮かべる。私がかかわっている奈良県大淀町に「梨の花プロジェクト」というものがある。この梨畑の北側が少し谷になっていて水が流れている所にイノシシのヌタバがあった、礫交じりの粘土質でこれを持ち帰り焼物を造ろうと持ち帰った。大きすぎる礫は取り除き、単味では成形がむつかしかったので30～40％の信楽の粘土を加えて、いくつか成型を試みた。地を黒天目で覆い、内面から口縁にかけて薄く白流紋釉薬を掛けて宇宙と星雲を内外に表現した。荒い粒子（砂礫）が底部や器体内外に突起状に現れた。まさにミュオンが何物にも恐れず突き抜けていこうとする痕跡を内外の痕跡（突起）などで表現できたように思う。
I think of the word “brute force” when talking about muons running through space. In Oyodo Town, Nara Prefecture, where I am involved, there is a project called the Pear Flower Project. There is a small valley on the north side of this pear field. Where the water was running, there was a wild boar, Nutaba. It was clay mixed with gravel. I decided to make pottery and brought this home with me. I removed the oversized pebbles. Since it was difficult to form the clay by itself, I added 30-40% Shigaraki clay and tried several forms. In other words, the ground was covered with black tenmoku, and a thin white glaze was applied from the inside to the rim of the mouth to express the universe and nebulae inside and outside. Coarse grains (gravel) appeared as protrusions on the bottom and inside and outside of the vessel. I think that I was able to express the traces (protrusions) inside and outside that the muon is trying to penetrate without fear of anything.