Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, invites you to step into a Zen-style pottery class, appreciate the beauty of Japanese pottery in the millennium style, and start a journey of craftsmanship on your fingertips.
Course Content: Japanese Style: The course focuses on traditional Kyoto ware and Kiyomizu ware. Using local high-quality clay, students learn wheel throwing and hand-painting techniques. The course also focuses on the integration with local culture. Students can incorporate Kyoto elements into their creations to create unique ceramic works, showing Japanese elegance. Students create Kyoto-style ceramic works in one class, which will be of different sizes. After graduation, students can wait for the works to be mailed to their homes to continue their interest in ceramics.
The class size is exquisite, and the teaching staff is strong: The class size is usually small, so that the teacher can teach carefully, and the students can also quietly feel the Zen of pottery, and inspiration can also surge during the exchange. Most of the potters who teach are descendants of pottery families, with superb skills and extraordinary aesthetics. They use rigorous demonstration and patient teaching to pass on the essence of ancient methods, ensure a high degree of restoration, and let students understand the true meaning of pottery.
Flexible courses and simple facilities and equipment: The course time is flexible and varied, which fits the tourists' itinerary. The venues are often hidden in the ancient towns and traditional wooden buildings, immersed in the atmosphere of Kyoto, nourishing the inspiration of pottery. The pottery making tools are exquisite, and the firing process uses professional kilns to strictly control the temperature and atmosphere to ensure the quality of the works; the wood kiln follows the ancient method, and the fired works have unique charm, supplemented by a small number of electric kilns for emergency use to ensure production efficiency.
Experience pottery courses in Kyoto. Relying on the Japanese style courses, you can deeply experience the Japanese pottery culture that has been passed down for thousands of years and understand the magical transformation from clay to porcelain. Here, you will appreciate the infinite charm of pottery with experienced pottery masters.