Chawan Experience - The Winter Bowl

Beschreibung

The price includes VAT (19%), teaching, materials and firing costs for one bowl. Language: English or German (based on needs) ------- What to expect? This special theme course is all about Japanese tea bowl ceramics. You will learn how to create a tea bowl inspired by Japanese traditions using common handbuilding techniques in clay such as kurinuki, learning about the zen philosophy, wabi-sabi and looking at local sources of inspiration. The course is a good mix of theory on Japanese ceramics and the practical part, including demonstrations, guidance and self explorational time for personal creations, in which you can apply ceramic techniques. We draw inspiration from traditional regional styles such as Echizen or Seto as well as modern Japanese ceramics and approaches such as WabiSabi. Who is it for? This course is aimed at adults with and without previous ceramic experience. You will learn a new method and a lot about clay. Participants should be old enough to follow instructions and comfortable to apply the new learnings and self-expression. Firing the created ceramics? The ceramics are fired by the course leader, Anke Buchmann after the first session. A few weeks later we meet again for the second part of the workshop: the glazing. This is the time where you can add colour and decoration to your tea bowls. The ceramic pieces will then be fired again up to 1220*C. The workshop is split into 3 parts. Part 1: (1h break) 08 Nov 2026, 11-19 - shaping and trimming   Part 2: (Optional) 25 Nov 18 - 19:30- glazing session (this date is optional & can be held flexible) Part 3: (Optional) 8 Dec, 18 pm - 19:00 - Tea Ceremony (this date is optional & can be held flexible) With our fired chawans we will sit together and drink the tea while reflecting over the shared experience. What others say about this workshop: "Thank you for this fantastic workshop. It was very inspiring, informative and fun. One of the best ceramic workshops I had taken so far." (Julia S.) "I loved this particular method so much that I kept using and applying it for other pieces as well. I got really hooked. I loved the calm and friendly energy and the atmosphere and aesthetics of the studio. It was a pleasure creating within this environment." (Ann) ----------- Reminder: The cancellation policy only effects the whole workshop and not single sessions.