Give a trial lesson as a gift
Would you like to give the gift of a fun time for your friend’s birthday or anniversary with your loved one?
Not only can you gift a pottery experience to your partner, but you can also experience it yourself!
You can experience pottery together and make your new favorite pieces, so the memories and presents are sure to be unforgettable. You can freely decide on the designs and make them using a variety of techniques.
This course is suitable for beginners and people who would like to make their own tableware like small bowls, cups, plates, and so on.
We have six instructors at the studio who can teach and help you to use the electric wheel or make some simple hand-built forms within the hour. After which, we will contact you as soon as your pieces are finished firing.
We can provide some small plaster molds and patterns to help you make the form, as well as stamp, cutters, and carving tools to give your pieces unique designs.
At the end of your class you can choose any of your works to be glazed and fired by our studio staff.
If you are visiting Japan as a traveler we recommend taking the pottery class at the beginning of your trip, as it takes 3-4 weeks for the works to be complete.Shipping is available at an extra cost.
About Courses
Pottery Wheel Course
Learning to use the potter’s wheel takes patience, practice and focus. It is also super-relaxing and rewarding.
If you are a total beginner, we will sit with you for an hour or two of lessons for your first few visits. After that, people typically find their feet a bit and want to work on their own with occasional advice, troubleshooting, demonstrations of new forms, or rescue missions. There are three instructors here who can help you as much as you want. You’ll make a few wobbly small bowls, plates or cups on your first couple of visits, but as you get better control you will begin to create your favorite forms.
For intermediate and advanced potters, we’re here when you need us for technical advice, aesthetic opinions, or learning new forms. We also aren’t shy with challenging you to explore new directions like altering forms, advanced surface treatments, construction of more complex works, etc.
Hand-building Course
Hand-building, or sculpture, is the other way of working with clay.
The basic techniques are easier to learn and the range of forms you can produce is much broader.
If you are interested in clay, but aren’t sure the wheel is for you, think about hand-building.
For the beginner, you will be surprised how easy it is to begin making nice functional ware or artworks on your very first day in less than 30 minutes!
About Fees
Lesson Fee
Lesson only 3,960 yen
Lesson + Firing fee 5,600 yen
(The firing fee is for 1 piece about the size of a rice bowl)
*If you would like to fire more than one piece, please purchase a ticket for the firing fee.
*Trial tickets are valid for 4 months from the date of issue.
Firing Fee
If you would like to keep your works and fire them then a firing fee is required.The firing fee varies according the the size of your works.
Height × Width × Depth（㎝） × 1.7 = ￥[x]
(About ￥1500 for a rice bowl)
How to book a lesson
Cancellation Fee
In case of cancellation or rescheduling of a trial class, please let us to know 8 days before reservation time.
>>2-7 days before class: 30% of basic fee
>>1 day before class: 50% of basic fee
>>The same day of class: 100% of basic fee
About the Class
Class Slots
10am-11am / 1:30pm-2:30pm / 4pm-5pm / 6pm-7pm
English Pottery Classes
Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday / Sunday
Number Of Works Students Can Make In Classes
Unlimited (firing fees apply to each work)
About UZUMAKO
OPEN
10am to 7pm
(We open on National holidays and Summer holidays)
Payment
We accept Japanese Yen and VISA, MasterCard and American Express credit cards.
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Shipping
Shipping is available for overseas customers. We use the Japanese international EMS posting service.