Wright studied at Karatsu with Tarouemon-kiln from 1968 to 1970, Paul Chaleff worked with Shigeyoshi Morioka and Takashi Nakazato in 1976 and 1977. Richard Bresnahan from Minnesota, Bob Okazaki from the US, Felix Strohmeier from Austria, and a Norwegian, Soren Ubish were all friends who worked with Nakazato and