Kigata Banko Teapot Ceramic Workshop 25th January, 2025 Saturday

One day workshop

What you get is: To create a teapot 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.
• Different kinds of authentic Japanese / Chinese tea will be served during workshop.
• Material , firing and glazing are included.

Time  10:30-15:30​

Place  Mierenmeent 122, 1218 EM Hilversum

<Workshop Schedule>

10:20 Welcome

10:30 Start workshop

12:30-13:00 Lunch pause

13:00-15:00 Workshop

15:00-15:30 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

When it finished, I will contact you and we can make new appoint

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Time  10:30-15:30 (5 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.