Steve Tootell supports Ghanaian children who are eager to learn by turning his pottery wheel.
Tootell, a potter and art teacher at the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, is raising funds for a project by a former student to build a new arts facility at a school in Ghana through his work.
Since October, he has made 2,000 pieces of earthenware. This weekend, Tootell and volunteers, including school graduates, are going to the famous pottery town of Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, to fire the works for six days straight in an "anagama" kiln.