Two days dedicated to creating Japanese-style bowls: the chawan, the traditional tea bowl used in ceremonies, and the yunomi, the everyday tea cup. The workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore the Kurinuki technique, a traditional Japanese method of hollowing and shaping a solid block of clay to create form. This approach, based on direct and spontaneous gesture, celebrates the material in its authenticity and the beauty of imperfection.
The course will be held in English.
DURATION
12 HOURS
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PLANNED EDITIONS
13-14 DECEMBER 2025
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CLASS TIMES AND DAYS
Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm (2-hour break) and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
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ABOUT WITHOFS:
The artist works with clay as both material and metaphor, exploring the fragile bond between humans and animals. Her sculptures combine strength and vulnerability, irony and contemplation, inviting reflection on the shared human condition.
WHAT YOU LEARN
The workshop provides an immersion into Japanese ceramic tradition, focusing on creating two types of tea bowls: the chawan, used in traditional tea ceremonies, and the yunomi, for everyday use.
Participants will explore the Kurinuki technique, an ancestral method involving hollowing and shaping a solid block of clay to achieve the desired form. This approach emphasizes direct, spontaneous, and conscious gesture, allowing the material to be worked in its authenticity and celebrating imperfection—a core principle of Japanese aesthetic philosophy.
A unique experience to refine manual skills, understand the value of ceramic gesture, and create objects that carry harmony, balance, and everyday poetry.
TITLE AWARDED BY PARTICIPATION IN THE COURSE
Certificate of attendance and participation from the Experimental Ceramics Center of Montelupo.
BOOKING AND REGISTRATION
Submitting the online booking form guarantees your reservation for the course. However, to confirm your registration, you must pay a deposit equal to 30% of the total course fee by the deadline indicated by the administration.
If the course is cancelled for reasons attributable to the school, the entire deposit will be refunded. Otherwise, in the event of a student’s cancellation, the deposit will be retained as a reimbursement for expenses already incurred.
The course will be confirmed by the management once the minimum number of registered participants has been reached. Following confirmation, all registered participants will receive an official communication. From that moment, payment of the registration balance will be required, according to the methods and deadlines indicated by the administration.
Failure to pay the balance by the deadline will result in cancellation of the registration and the deposit will be retained as a reimbursement for the course’s management and organization costs.
RULES
Students are required to read the Ceramics School’s internal regulations before enrolling in the course. Enrollment in the course is subject to full acceptance of the internal regulations.
WHAT WILL BE DONE
• Ceramic modeling exercises
ABOUT WITHOFS:
The artist works with clay as both material and metaphor, exploring the fragile bond between humans and animals. Her sculptures combine strength and vulnerability, irony and contemplation, inviting reflection on the shared human condition.
WHAT YOU LEARN
The workshop provides an immersion into Japanese ceramic tradition, focusing on creating two types of tea bowls: the chawan, used in traditional tea ceremonies, and the yunomi, for everyday use.
Participants will explore the Kurinuki technique, an ancestral method involving hollowing and shaping a solid block of clay to achieve the desired form. This approach emphasizes direct, spontaneous, and conscious gesture, allowing the material to be worked in its authenticity and celebrating imperfection—a core principle of Japanese aesthetic philosophy.
A unique experience to refine manual skills, understand the value of ceramic gesture, and create objects that carry harmony, balance, and everyday poetry.
TITLE AWARDED BY PARTICIPATION IN THE COURSE
Certificate of attendance and participation from the Experimental Ceramics Center of Montelupo.
BOOKING AND REGISTRATION
Submitting the online booking form guarantees your reservation for the course. However, to confirm your registration, you must pay a deposit equal to 30% of the total course fee by the deadline indicated by the administration.
If the course is cancelled for reasons attributable to the school, the entire deposit will be refunded. Otherwise, in the event of a student’s cancellation, the deposit will be retained as a reimbursement for expenses already incurred.
The course will be confirmed by the management once the minimum number of registered participants has been reached. Following confirmation, all registered participants will receive an official communication. From that moment, payment of the registration balance will be required, according to the methods and deadlines indicated by the administration.
Failure to pay the balance by the deadline will result in cancellation of the registration and the deposit will be retained as a reimbursement for the course’s management and organization costs.
RULES
Students are required to read the Ceramics School’s internal regulations before enrolling in the course. Enrollment in the course is subject to full acceptance of the internal regulations.
WHAT WILL BE DONE
• Ceramic modeling exercises
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