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By JAN LAVALLEY
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The shapes are familiar but the designs incorporated into them are what make Noriko Hoge’s pottery unique and visually startling.
Noriko, who is Japanese and moved to the United States in 1990, will have an exhibit of her pottery at the Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Va. beginning May 30 and running through June 22, with a reception on June 1 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the gallery.
Noriko was always interested in western bone china. In Japan, where she had a tea shop in which she could incorporate her love of china, she felt surrounded by Japanese wear. She began to bring western, Italian and French porcelain into use through her shop but became more and more interested in the western china.
After coming to the U.S., she started working in pottery herself. She began in 1991 with a class in Glen Echo, Md.
“I think I started the class initially because I had such week English conversation skills and I wanted to do something I enjoyed but where I could be around English speakers and meet people,” she said. “The class, because it is close to Washington, D.C. had stu
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