Kigata Banko Teapot Ceramic Workshop 24th May 2024, Friday

One day workshop

What you get is: To create a teapot and two cups. And Japanese vegetarian lunch.

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• Japanese homemade Vegetarian lunch will be served during workshop. The recipe of this lunch is created based on the idea of Yakuzen and macrobiotic (Seasonal cuisines presented by Japanese nutrition and Reiki master Rumi Kobayashi).
• Different kinds of uthentic Japanese / Chinese tea will be served during workshop.
• Material , firing and glazing are included.

Time  10:30-16:30​

Place  Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum

<Workshop Schedule>

10:15 Welcome

10:30 Start workshop

12:30-13:15 Lunch pause

13:30-16:00 Workshop

16:00-16:30 Cleaning and exchange experience

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<To bring>

•Theedoek (to dry your hand etc.) 

•Apron (if you have) 

•Clay tools-spatula (if you have) 

•Scissors

We use porcelain clay to make teapots and cups.

If you would like to create more than two cups, it costs 5 euro per cup to be glazed and fired. It takes about 4-5 weeks to be finished the firing. When it finished, I will contact you and we can make new appoint

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Time  10:30-16:30 (6 hours)​

One day Kigata Banko Ceramic Workshop

About Kigato Banko Yaki technique

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This craft, using a special puzzled wooden mould to make tea pots, was invented 190 years ago by a Japanese craftsman Yusetsu Mori (1808-1882). Yusetsu applied the puzzled wood mould technique to make teapots for green tea ceremonies - the technique was once used to make Japanese paper bamboo lamps. In Kigata Banko Yaki, a piece of high quality thinly pressed clay is wrapped around the wooden form, with a layer of Japanese special Kakishibu paper (柿渋紙, made from persimmon juice).

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Haruka: 'As the 9th generation successor of the Kigata Banko Yaki, I strive to protect and perpetuate this special technique, and to show and publicise it to the world. In addition to the typical patterns of tea pots in Japanese style, I add creative elements. In doing so, I bring an age-old tradition to today.