Masaaki Shibata is a ceramic artist who creates slipware and other pottery in Tanba, Hyogo Prefecture. Studied under Kazutaka Ikuta in Tamba and Shigeo Suzuki in Iwata, and became independent in 1975 in Tamba Sasayama Town (now Sasayama City). We make pottery in a climbing kiln using local Tamba soil and homemade ash glaze.