On Sunday, June 7th, we held a public workshop, "Introduction to Pottery Making," in the pottery wheel room of Building 18 at our university, with approximately 10 local residents participating.
Faculty of Art and Design Department of Living Environment DesignProfessor Seiji Takamori The instructor was Shikino Tanaka (Musashidai High School), a third-year student in the same department, and Asataro Ishida (Kibi Kogen Gakuen High School), a second-year master's student in the Graduate Graduate School of Fine Arts provided support for the production.
On the day of the event, after Professor Takamori's explanation, participants communicated with the students while using an electric potter's wheel. We produce bowls, teacups, and flat plates using the tatara molding method. I did. The work I created this time was presented at our university in early July of this year. Kakiemon-style kiln * It will be fired there.
Participants shared comments such as, "It was my first time and very difficult, but I was taught carefully and was able to create a beautiful shape. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product."
Our university's public lectures are offered throughout the year, targeting a wide range of age groups from children to the elderly, with the aim of returning the intellectual property of the university's education and research to society.
Anyone is welcome to participate, so please feel free to sign up.
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*The Kakiemon-style kiln on our campus was built in October 2000 by the late Sakaida Kakiemon XIV, a professor at our university's Graduate Graduate School of Fine Arts, with the hope that "young people with aspirations to become artists would be able to experience firsthand the profound depth of traditional craftsmanship." Designed in accordance with the secret Kakiemon-style kiln, it combines the functions of both a climbing kiln and a single kiln, and is the only Kakiemon kiln of its kind owned by our university apart from the other Kakiemon kilns in Arita Town, Nishimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture.
[Industry-Academia Co-innovation and Research Promotion Headquarters / Department of Living Environment Design / Graduate School]
