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Electric Pottery Wheel Experience

  • Tuition Fees
    • Experience Fee: 5,500 yen (includes firing fee for one item, such as a tea bowl or cup)
    • Additional Firing Fee: +1,100 yen (for a second item the size of a tea bowl or cup, or one larger bowl or plate)
    • Additional Firing Fee: + combination of the above firing fees for 3 or more items
  • Items to make: Free choice, such as tea bowls or cups
  • Experience Time: Approximately 1.5 hours
  • Reservation Times: 10:00 AM~, 2:00 PM~ (flexible consultation available)
  • Target Age: None in particular
  • Class Details:
    • This is an introductory pottery class using an electric pottery wheel, which is considered one of the most enjoyable aspects of pottery.
    • Most participants are beginners, so please feel free to sign up.
    • You will be provided with approximately 3kg of clay for an experience lasting 1.5 hours or until the clay is used up.
    • If you complete multiple pieces, you can choose which ones to fire, with an additional firing fee for those pieces.
    • There are 2 pottery wheels, so the basic capacity is 2 people, but 3-4 people can experience by rotating seats.
  • Schedule until Delivery:
    • The instructor will handle the trimming of the bottom and attaching handles.
    • Drying, bisque firing, glazing, and final firing before shipping.
    • Shipping in 4-6 weeks. Separate shipping fee of 1,200 yen (Hokkaido/Okinawa is 1,700 yen).
  • Fired Color and Size:
    • This pottery experience is located in Nagato City, which is one of the production areas for Hagi ware, but this is an original yoshida pottery experience, not Hagi ware.
      • The clay and glaze used are the same as those used in yoshida pottery's own works.
    • As is characteristic of ceramics, pieces will shrink by about one size after firing compared to when they were shaped.