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FINDING
the BEAUTY in IMPERFECTION
with
Akira Satake
May 5-18, 2019
Sharing the secrets employed in
many of his most well-known and admired works Japanese potter/artist/musician Akira Satake will
lead a hands-on workshop involving both the hand-building and throwing
techniques he uses in the making of his tea ceremony bowls, tea pots, water jars,
ikebana vases and sculptural objects. Participants will learn to create rich
surfaces inspired by the natural world and will experience brushing kohiki slip
on clay slabs and stretching the slabs to crack and distort the surfaces,
applying a coating of clay mixed with sand onto the surface of wheel thrown
pieces and then altering them, and mixing air and other materials into the clay
body and then tearing off the clay and/or cutting with a wire to create
shapes-- among a myriad of other techniques.
Akira will likewise share his
deep experience and knowledge in an on-going discussion of the Japanese
aesthetic throughout the two weeks together. Participants will gain insight in
finding the beauty in imperfection, the meaning of "wabi-sabi", and
the importance of "ma" -- the space in between.
5 May: Sunday Welcome Dinner MOKSA
Restaurant
6-9pm: While enjoying an exquisite meal set upon anagama-fired
wares, participants will share a relaxed evening in which we can get to know
one another and share our stories and intentions for being here.
Dessert will be served with a slideshow given by Akira Satake, presenting his works and his journey in all
things creative, followed by a review of the workshop schedule and a general
fanning of the fires of enthusiasm!
6 May: Monday Slip and Wire Gaya CAC
Morning: A welcome and introduction
to GCAC studio, and then immediately jumping into action!
Demonstration
1 - Make slabs and mix and apply kohiki
slip for Satake-style stretched kohiki. Make mortar for
Satake style sandy soft clay surface.
Demonstration
2 - Wire cutting, stretching and tearing chunks of clay to build
sculptural pieces.
12:30 Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Afternoon:
Open studio time, with plenty of personal tutorial and support from Akira.
7 May: Tuesday Slabs and Wheel Gaya CAC
Demonstration 1 - Stretch kohiki slabs and shape the pieces (hand build Satake-style stretched kohiki).
Demonstration
2 - Make yunomi, guinomi and chawan on wheel or hand building, using the technique of applying a
soft clay and sand mixture to the surfaces of the pieces. Also make yunomi and bowls for traditional kohiki style glazing.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Open
studio time.
8 May: Wednesday Dipping and Pouring, ++ Gaya
CAC
Demonstration 1 - Using kohiki slip, dipping and
pouring on leather hard pots (traditional kohiki style).
Demonstration 2 - Make more stretched kohiki pieces,
such as tea pots and sculptural works.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Open studio time.
9 May: Thursday More Kohiki, More Magic Gaya CAC
Demonstration - More with stretched
kohiki, mortar surface and wire cutting sculptural pieces.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Open studio time.
10 May: Friday Finishing Wet Forms Gaya CAC
Open
studio time. Final day of making forms in
fresh clay that will be fired during the workshop.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Afternoon:
11 May: Saturday Final Details Gaya
CAC
Demonstration
- More sculptural hand built and wheel work.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Very
last finalization of pieces (trimming, detailing, etc.)
Loading for bisque
fire* all wares.
12 May: Sunday FREE DAY Gaya
CAC
Bisque kiln
firing. *
13 May: Monday Hikidashi in Full Gaya CAC
HIKIDASHI explanation of theory and history.
Demonstration for staining and glazing for Hikidashi.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Strategic loading of hikidashi kiln.
Return
in evening to fire off Hikidashi kiln
14 May: Tuesday Staining and
Glazing Gaya CAC
Unload
bisque firing.
SODA 101: Discussion of soda kiln-- approach to glazing, loading and
firing, technically, chemically and aesthetically (with Hillary).
Discussion of staining and glazing for Kohiki and gas-fired
results.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Divide
and conquer: Glazing for BOTH firings!!!
Load Gas kilns*
for stretched kohiki, traditional kohiki.
Preparation
for loading of Soda kiln (all wares brought to loading shelves; all wadding set
to go).
15 May: Wednesday LOADING and Ikebana Gaya
CAC
**Active participation in the loading of the Soda kiln in
particular will be required (participants will be placed in loading teams to do
so).
Demonstration
- Ikebana (Ikenobo school style) in three parts (to allow loading groups to each experience ikebana
and loading).
16 May: Thursday FIRING with Time for Tea Gaya
CAC
Fire Soda and Gas
kilns. ***Active participation in the firing of
the Soda kiln in particular will be required (participants will be placed in
loading teams to do so)!
Morning discussion of the
Japanese aesthetic of wabi sabi and Momoyama period
pottery.
Have
casual tea ceremony with own Hikidashi chawan.
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Afternoon:
Open studio time for practice of techniques (or free time if you have finished
your firing shift).
17 May: Friday EXCURSION morning/UNLOAD afternoon TBA
A
day of exploration while the pots are cooling.
Lunch: en route
Afternoon:
Unload soda and gas kilns and discuss the results in detail.
18 May: Saturday
Concluding Thoughts Gaya
CAC
In-house
“exhibition” and final group discussion of the entire two-week experience.
Packing
works (bubble wrap and boxes will be provided
Lunch: family style in Gaya CAC
mezzanine
Departure
by 2pm.
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*Schedule is subject to revision prior to the commencement of
the actual workshop
**all lunches during
studio days will be catered family-style in the studio mezzanine midday
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