hand-crafted ceramics | made in Scotland
Learn to carve a Japanese teabowl using a traditional pinching and carving technique and experience the excitement of a raku firing.
This is an ideal entry level course for beginners as no experience is necessary. If you have some hand-building experience already you may develop your own project during the two hours (subject to size/technique restrictions).
NB. Raku ware is generally for decorative use only.
Saturday April 18th, 2-4pm & Sunday May 3rd, 10am-2pm – fully booked – postponed until after lockdown
Saturday April 25th, 2-4pm & Sunday May 10th, 10am-2pm – postponed until after lockdown
£90 per person.
Max 7 people
Suitable for beginners
Learn to make a Japanese raku-style tea bowl (chawan) using a traditional Japanese pinching and carving technique. Learn a basic ‘pinching’ technique with which to make one or two pinch pots. Introduction to characteristics of raku-ware and glazing ideas.
Glazing and firing. Demo of basic glazing methods before glazing your own work. We fire your work outside using a rapid-firing raku kiln and reduction bins. You take your work away with you at the end of the firing.
I work from the Glasgow Ceramic Studios, Dennistoun, in Glasgow’s east end. Mostly producing one-off and small batch functional ceramics… read more…
