Month of April : Creating a Kurinuki Style Coffee Brewer
Using simple tools to trim and cut clay to transform a cylinder into a coffee brewer. Kurinuki is a Japanese style hand building pottery making technique where a solid block of clay is hollowed out to reveal its form. In this class, you will experience a simplified version of the Kurinuki technique to produce a coffee brewer.
In this class, you will learn:
1) 1 hand building technique;
2) Take home 1 brewer.
4 pax in a class.
| 2 Hours | Wedging, use of hand building technique |
|---|
| Clay | “Free-flow” of clay |
|---|---|
| Glazing & Firing | Glazing and firing by Clay Expression. Student to take home 1 fired item/ set (depending on class plan). Fired items ready to be collected 4 weeks after the class. * Delivery option available |
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