【Workshop(s)】Saturday Basic Handware 12/7 12/14 12/21

Items that can be learned: Rice bowl, oval fish plate, goblet, flower plate, flower plate, mug, okra chopstick holder, small flower vessel with narrow mouth, octagon tea sea or discuss with the teacher in class (choose 5 to 6 items) First lesson 1. Basic hand shaping teaching: demonstration of shaping the straight cup body and plate formed in one piece. This series of handware courses has a precious core value: "Hands are tools." Making pottery does not require complicated machines, your hands are everything. We will explain the utensils that can be directly molded from a clay ball, and learn about the areas and curves that can be used by your hands. 2. Explanation of how to make handles: Make handles that are easy to extract and how to attach them. Items that can be made: plates, straight cups, bowls, shrink-mouthed flower pots, okra chopstick holders, cylindrical tea cups, sake pots, sake cups (choose 2 to 3 items) Second lesson 1. Mouth shrinking technique: Use the kneading skills learned in the first class to knead three-dimensional objects, and learn to narrow the mouth at the end of the mouth edge. 2. Making multi-faceted utensils: Use the technique you learned previously to make cylindrical three-dimensional objects, and use your hands to shape the shape by changing the angle to create a sharp-edged shape. 3. Methods and tips for making flowing mouth: Share and demonstrate how to judge whether drooling will occur and its practicality when making drooling mouth. 4. Select and discuss the works to be fired: the firing cost will be calculated additionally, and the total volume after biscuit firing will be calculated as x0.15. Items that can be produced: oval ring-footed fish plate, octagonal tea sea, octagonal shrinking vase, flower wheel high platform, flower wheel dish, goblet (choose 2 to 3 types) The third lesson Glazing demonstration and practice: 1. Arrangement of plain-fired works. 2. Explanation of glazing methods, discussion and operation demonstration of coloring works. Time: 12/7 12/14 and 12/21 for three consecutive sessions 13:00-16:00 4hr class (depending on personal progress, get out of class may end late, please manage your personal time) Cost: 5,300 yuan (including teachers, venue, tools, yellow clay, glaze) No limit on the number of works * Does not include kiln firing fees A kiln firing fee of 500 yuan will be charged on the day of class (more refunds will be made, less compensation will be calculated based on the total volume of the work after biscuit firing x 0.15) Quota: 4 people for an open class, 8 people for a full class Location: 1st Floor, No. 10, Lane 225, Section 3, Chengde Road, Datong District, Taipei City (3-minute walk from Exit 1 of Yuanshan MRT Station)