Hand-building Ceramic Workshop / Kurinuki
Learn Clay With Me!
Embracing the Wabi Sabi worldview, in a hand and mind-training workshop, I will share my understanding of some Japanese ceramic forms including Kurinuki and different decoration techniques with you. You will sculpt one or two, or as many as you want, Kurinuki cups using stoneware ceramic clay. You can later join a glazing workshop and finalise them for every day use.
I share with you a lot of useful basic theories about clay as well to help you choose the right clay and tools for different purposes.
This Desert Spirit Ceramic workshop mostly follows Kurinuki a Japanese hand-building technique and forms adjusted by Sepideh to create unique and sculptural but perfectly functional cups.
Outcome of this workshop can look primitive or contemporary, complex or minimal ceramic cups based on your taste. I am there to guide you through basics, and farther challenges.
If you want to know how to slow-make an irregular but elegant, sculptural, but functional ceramic cup in a meditative process, this workshop is for you.
This workshop also helps the participants to get to know a very useful clay-carving technique which is not only used to make Kurinuki dishes, but also in making sculptures for those who might be interested in. More interestingly, this course is designed to have plenty of freedom and fun in it allowing you to really enjoy the experience.
Bear in mind that this workshop doesn't end in Desert Spirit studio, because I make sure that you will grasp the essence of Kurinuki technique to know how to start making unique pieces at home using minimal tools and space including some of your kitchen utensils, this is definitely for you. In fact, I would love to keep in touch with the participants in the future to help them with the challenges they might face as well.
How to not scared of starting a ceramic piece:
I will show you how to slow down the production process of a single piece up to several weeks. This way, you don't have to be scared that you have to finish a work in one go. It helps you in the future to have a peaceful, meditative and relax hobby next to your busy daily schedule.
So join me to create your unique ceramic matcha or coffee cups using hand-building techniques in 2,5 hours ceramic workshop. Two days workshop is also an option of course.
Bonuses:
– There is an extremely exciting experience as a unique surprise for you offered in this ceramic workshop! It will only unfold at the beginning of the workshop.
– In case there is time left in a session, according to your interest, you can choose to learn from several traditional decoration techniques with clay or plaster.
– You can make your own signature stamp to mark every piece you make from the first day.
GOOD NEWS: After this workshop, you should be able to make as many unique cups as you want at home without making a mess!
TWO DAYS ceramic workshop:
I recommend you to take two days workshop in order for a full experience which makes you more confident for the future. In a two days ceramic workshop you will not only make more Kurinuki cups from scratch, You can make your signature stamp to mark your cups using a Japanese traditional technique. We will have more time on everything including the Bonuses.
Location:
There are two locations in which Desert Spirit ceramic workshops take place.
Desert Spirit Ceramic studio is a small space in Den Haag/The Hague which can host max three persons at the time. Therefore, your workshop is a private or a semi-private one. The luxury is that the workshop in this package is pretty flexible and adjustable to your level of experience, interest and knowledge as well as your personal taste.
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Time:
Ceramic workshops take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays.
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IMPORTANT ---> Please note that after you pay for a workshop, Sepideh will contact you as soon as possible to arrange a date. So make sure that your Email address is placed correctly in the checkout! Preferably ,also leave your phone number in the note box. Thank you!
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Beautiful illustration by https://www.geezyre.com/
Examples of workshop outcomes, Kurinuki cups and tiles made by https://www.instagram.com/sappigart/?hl=en and https://capilla.nl/oprichtster/?lang=en
