Exploring Forms: Hand-Building

https://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/workshop/exploring-forms-hand-building-c0708-24/

Jul 15 - 26, 2024

9AM - 5PM

Concept

Hand-building and coil-building are essential pottery-making techniques that offer infinite possibilities for creating unique forms. Takuro and Hitomi’s experience at Shigaraki provided them with valuable knowledge of various forming methods. In this workshop, Takuro and Hitomi demonstrate how to effectively make and handle coils, as well as how to connect the coils at the right timing. The workshop also discusses the importance of the drying process and how to carve and shape the clay to create unique vessel forms. The workshop’s goal is to inspire participants to explore the endless possibilities of hand-building techniques and incorporate them into their own practice.

https://www.andersonranch.org/workshops/workshop/exploring-forms-hand-building-c0708-24/

From Nature to Art: A Wild Clay Pottery Workshop

https://sugarmaples.coursestorm.com/course/from-nature-to-art-a-wild-clay-pottery-workshop

Locally prospected clays, known as “wild clays,” have been utilized for pottery-making for thousands of years. Join us in this workshop as we explore wild clay’s potential as a clay body, slip, or glaze material. This workshop will provide an opportunity to discover the possibilities of materials found in your own surroundings. Let's craft together and enjoy this creative process of transforming the Catskills' wild clay into creative objects. Intermediate to advanced skills in wheel-throwing or hand building are appreciated. Test firings are planned.

Takuro and Hitomi Shibata are Japanese ceramic artists who formerly resided in Shigaraki, Japan, and are currently based in Seagrove, North Carolina. Takuro holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Applied Chemistry from Doshisha University and is the director of STARworks Ceramics. Hitomi holds degrees in ceramic art from Okayama University, Japan. She received a Rotary International scholarship, which brought her to the US, where she studied at UMass-Dartmouth. Their first book, Wild Clay, was published in October 2022.

Learn more on Sugar Maples website

https://sugarmaples.coursestorm.com/course/from-nature-to-art-a-wild-clay-pottery-workshop

Yunomi Invitational 1: Teapots + Yunomi

Friday, August 4th, 2023

Available 10:00 am CST, ONLINE ONLY

For their 17th Yunomi show, we are brewing up something new and having a two-part show. On August 4th, we will be featuring the work of these 47 artists who have sent along a teapot with their 6 Yunomi.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:

A: Clarice Allgood, Chris Alveshere, B: Posey Bacopoulos, Casey Beck, Jessica Brandl, Wesley T. Brown, Amanda Bury, C: Victoria Christen, Mike Cinelli, Bede Clarke, Jenn Cole, Guillermo Cuellar, D: Nick DeVries, Josh DeWeese, Audra Doughty E: Ruth Easterbrook G: Stuart Gair, Seth Green H: Jason Hartsoe, Mike Helke, Samantha Hostert J: Peter Jadoonath, Tom Jaszczak, Samuel Johnson, Shikha Joshi L: Keok Lim M: Adam Meistrell, Ernest Miller, Andres Montenegro, Ryan Myers N: Ted Neal, Nom Ceramics (Rebeca & Scott Proctor) P: Liz Pechacek, Doug Peltzman  R: Justin Rothshank S: Masa Sasaki, Brad Schweiger, Yoko Sekino-Bové, Ellen Shankin, Hitomi Shibata, Takuro Shibata, Joe Singewald, Chad Steve, David Swenson W: Kurt Brian Webb, Betsy Williams Y: Shumpei Yamaki

CLAY–SPRING SHORT SESSION
APRIL 30 – MAY 5, 2023 (4-STUDIO DAYS)

Hitomi Shibata and Takuro Shibata
Making and Place

In this workshop we’ll explore wheel-throwing, slab construction, and handbuilding to create simple utilitarian pottery: yunomi, mugs, bowls, and plates. We have been making handmade pottery with wild clay for many years, and we’ll share our approach to natural materials and how we combine our material ideas with traditional Japanese techniques. This workshop will inspire your creativity and help foster new ideas for your work. We’ll use cone 10 red stoneware and white slips. We will fire some of the pots to cone 10 test in a gas kiln to show the whole process and the results; the rest of the pots will be bisque-fired to take home. All levels. Upper clay studio.

Hitomi: studio potter; member of International Academy of Ceramics; teaching: Penland, Haystack (ME), Peters Valley (NJ), The Art League (VA), East Carolina University (NC); exhibitions: The Clay Studio (Philadelphia), Old Church Pottery Show (NJ); publications: Wild Clay (Bloomsbury).  

Takuro: director of STARworks Ceramics (NC); member of International Academy of Ceramics; teaching: Penland, Haystack (ME), Peters Valley (NJ), Longwood University (VA); residencies: Peters Valley (NJ), Cub Creek Foundation (VA); exhibitions: Blue Spiral 1 (NC), The Clay Studio (Philadelphia), Old Church Pottery Show (NJ); publications: Wild Clay (Bloomsbury).  

studiotouya.com | @studiotouya | @takuroshibataceramics

CELEBRATION OF SEAGROVE POTTERS SPRING STUDIO TOUR, APRIL 14TH TO 16TH, 2023

Join us April 14th-16th to explore Potters' studios and kilns, experience the work being made before your eyes and take home treasures from this unique event. The public is invited to start their tour at Luck’s Cannery at 798 NC-705, Seagrove, NC 27341. A welcome tent will be staffed with volunteers wearing masks to answer questions and share a printed pottery map. The map offers a guide to the studios and shops.

https://discoverseagrove.com/events/celebration-of-spring-pottery-tour-2022-2/

SCHALLER GALLERY: STUDIO TOUYA POTTERY SHOW, APRIL 4TH, AT 2PM (EST)

https://www.schallergallery.com/exhibition/1008/Takuro-and-Hitomi-Shibata-br-Studio-Touya-Wild-Clay

EXHIBITION: “COLLABORATION IN CRAFT”, GREEN HILL CENTER FOR NC ART, GREENSBORO, NC, FROM MARCH 11TH TO JUNE 24, 2023

Masters of contemporary craft media from across the state who work collectively with other artists to create collaborative works in clay, wood, metals, and fiber are highlighted in this exhibition.

ARTISTS: SARAH + TIM LAZURE | LISA STINSON + KEN CARDER | SARAH TECTOR + MC FLOYD NICOLAY | SARAH TECTOR + JEN SOUTHERN | GRAEME PRIDDLE + MELISSA ENGLER | COURTNEY DODD + NICK FRUIN | PHIL HARALAM + CHARLIE TEFFT | HITOMI + TAKURO SHIBATA | MARGUERITE JAY GIGNOUX + BROOKE HEUTS + LISA JOYNER & CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL STUDENTS

More info: https://www.greenhillnc.org/collaboration-in-craft

Hitomi Shibata & Takuro Shibata | Workshop and Lecture | Teabowl National 2022

Start 08 Oct 2022

10:00 AM

End 09 Oct 2022

4:00 PM

LocationArtsKC, 106 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108

Hitomi & Takuro Shibata are ceramic artists originally from Japan, and currently living in Seagrove, North Carolina, home to the biggest pottery community in the United States.  Together they manage their pottery business, "Studio Touya".

Hitomi and Takuro are the jurors for the 2022 Teabowl National.

Hitomi Shibata has a BEd. and a MEd. in Ceramic Art from Okayama University in Japan. She established a professional career in Shigaraki, one of the oldest pottery villages in Japan.  The Rotary International scholarship brought her to the United States and she became a special student at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (CVPA Ceramics) in 2002.  Shen then moved to North Carolina in 2005 with her husband, Takuro, where they opened their pottery studio in Seagrove.  She makes functional pottery and sculptural ceramic work, researches, and uses North Carolina wild clays, and fires wood kilns that she and Takuro built together.  Hitomi completed artist-in-residence programs at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Cub Creek Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, and North Carolina Pottery Center. Additionally, Hitomi has led workshops at Peters Valley School of Craft, The Art League, Penland School of Crafts, The Bascom, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Hitomi is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland and Artaxis. 

Takuro Shibata has a Bachelor of Engineering in applied chemistry from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. His interest in ceramics led him to become an apprentice in Shigaraki, Japan. Takuro moved to Seagrove, NC after accepting the position as director of STARworks Ceramics in 2005. Since then, he has been researching local clays, and set up a local clay making project at STARworks. Now, his clay team is manufacturing unique clays at STARworks, providing clays to potters, schools, and art organizations.  Through this, Takuro has developed a national reputation as a ceramic artist and wild clay specialist. He’s been prominently featured in the media and shared during many exhibitions, workshops, publications, and conferences nationally and internationally.  Takuro is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.

Hitomi and Takuro's first book "Wild Clay" will be published in the Fall of 2022.

In this demonstration, you will learn how Hitomi and Takuro use natural materials with traditional Japanese pottery making techniques. It will inspire your creativity and help stimulate new ideas for your own work.

2022 KC Clay Guild Teabowl National 

Jurors: Hitomi and Takuro Shibata

Click here to go their website.

https://www.kcclayguild.org/Teabowl-National

Opening Reception: First Friday, October 7th, 5pm-9pm

Deadline is June 24th, 2022

Hitomi and Takuro Shibata of Studio Touya will be jurying the 13th KC Clay Guild Teabowl National! They will also be presenting a two day workshop following the opening reception, this is free and open to the public. Please go to KC clay Guild website to learn more about the jurors and submit your application. We can’t wait to see your teabowls, the deadline is June 24th.

SCClayCon 2022 :Embracing Flame / Woodfire SC

SEP 16-18

REGISTER, Now!

https://www.southcarolinaclayconference.com/

Lindsay Oesterritter

Hitomi Shibata

Takuro Shibata

Fire your work in one of the largest wood fired kilns in South Carolina, Rob Gentry's anagama "Fire Song".  Working professionally for 38 years as a full time "Claysmith" in Pendleton, SC, Rob is well known for his work and for the 16' long anagama kiln he completed four years ago. SC ClayCon attendees can participate in this unique firing opportunity in October, following the September conference in Newberry.

Fire Song is located at Annette Buchanan's historic farm, Boxwood Manor. The firing will last approximately 35-40 hours during which teams will stoke the kiln, round the clock in 4-hour shifts.  This firing is reserved for Rob’s team and participants of the 2022 SC Clay Conference.

Participants who wish to be a part of this extended SC ClayCon experience will receive the appropriate clay with which to make one or two pieces to be fired in Fire Song.

Do not miss out! Learn in September and fire in October!

The Bascom / Japanese Pottery Making Workshop

Hitomi and Takuro Shibata

https://www.thebascom.org/all-events/events-by-age-group/adult/japanesepotterymaking2022

Please go to their website to sign up.

In this 3-day, hands on workshop, students will learn how to create various utilitarian pottery forms like a yunomi, bowl, teapot and sake bottle and vase inspired by Japanese culture and our clay journey from Shigaraki, Japan to Seagrove, NC. Hitomi and Takuro will also talk about our materials and clay that we use and how it is sourced. In this workshop, you will learn practical Japanese pottery making techniques. Thursday, July 7th Artist Talk 4 pm - 5 pm

The class meets July 8th - 10th from 9am - 4pm with a one-hour break at noon.

Hitomi and Takuro Shibata will have a hands-on Ceramic workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in June 2022.

More info:
https://www.haystack-mtn.org/2022-summer-workshops/practical-and-traditional-japanese-pottery-making-techniques

And link in bio.

SESSION 1 · JUNE 12–24, 2022

Practical & Traditional Japanese Pottery Making Techniques

Creating utilitarian pottery with practical and traditional Japanese pottery techniques is the focus of this workshop. Hitomi and Takuro have been making their handmade pottery with local materials in Shigaraki, Japan and Seagrove, NC for many years. Learn how they approach such natural materials, and how they combine materialistic ideas and traditional Japanese techniques. It will inspire your creativity and help foster new ideas for your work. We plan to fire gas and salt kilns (cone 10 and up) during the workshop. All levels welcome.

ENVISION: 2022 WOODFIRE CONFERENCE

This is an International Woodfire Conference at STARworks in Star, N.C. and the woodfire potters of North Carolina.  The main conference will be preceded by several firing pre-conference workshops across the state in Asheville, and Seagrove North Carolina.  

30th Annual Saint Croix Valley Pottery Tour

May 6, 7, 8, 2022 ~ Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-6, Sunday 10-5

Hitomi Shibata is going to join the tour.
The host potters are planning with great anticipation for an on-site in-person event.

More info: https://www.minnesotapotters.com/

Hitomi and Takuro Shibata will join

Worcester Center for Craft

Annual Pottery Invitational

May 1 - 15, 2021 - ONLINE

A nationally recognized exhibit that brings pottery to the people. This year the Pottery Invitational will be an online event. Not to worry however, the event may be virtual but the pottery is very real! The Invitational is curated by potter Lindsay Oesterritter, who represents new and exciting ideas in production pottery. This event provides an opportunity for everyone from pottery aficionados to the casually interested to be exposed to American ceramic artists and their work on our Gallery Store website. The best part? everything on the website is for sale!

the Functional Ceramics Workshop 2021 scheduled for April 16–17. 

Chandra DeBuse

Lisa Orr

Takuro Shibata

https://www.redlodgeclaycenter.com/exhibition/fluid-expression/

Exhibition Posted Online: Monday, March 8, 2021 by 10 am MT

Guest Curated by our spring workshop presenters Michael Hunt and Naomi Dalglish of Bandana Pottery, Fluid Expression features artists who are creatively using white slip on their ceramic work. Participating artists include Bandana Pottery, Nicholas Danielson, Bill Jones, Yeonsoo Kim, Michael Kline, Lindsay Rogers, Hitomi Shibata, Takuro Shibata, Minsoo Yuh, and Catherine White.

The 46th Annual Pottery Show & Sale (also known as the Old Church Pottery Show & Sale)

on December 4-6

Hitomi and Takuro Shibata join The Old Church Pottery Show.
This year it will be all online sale on their website at www.oldchurchpotteryshow.org
Sales open at 6:00 PM EST on Friday, December 4, with additional inventory added at 10:00 AM on both Saturday, December 5 and Sunday, December 6.

There are many great ceramic artists in the show. Please check the website. www.oldchurchpotteryshow.org

Jessica Brandl • MT Tom Coleman • NV Elaine Coleman • NV Naomi Dalglish and Michael Hunt • NC Bruce Dehnert • NJ Sanam Emami • CO Andrea Gill • NY Chris Gustin • MA Maggie Jaszczak • MN Nick Joerling • NC Michael Kline • NC David MacDonald • NY Candice Methe • MT Matthew Metz • NY Aysha Peltz • VT Peter Pincus • NY S.C. Rolf • WI Akira Satake • NC Matthew Schiemann • FL Mark Shapiro • MA Jane Shellenbarger • NY Hitomi and Takuro Shibata • NC José Sierra • NM Rob Sieminski • ME Kevin Snipes • PA Mike Stumbras • MO Shoko Teruyama • NY Sue Tirrell • MT Jack Troy • PA

One will be on November 13-15 with "Pottery on the Hill online event".

 https://www.hillcenterdc.org/artist/pottery-on-the-hill-2020-2/

We will be a part of Spruce Pine Potters Online Market and all pottery studio's sales start Oct 10, 10am (Eastern Daylight Time).
https://www.sprucepinepottersmarket.com/
www.studiotouya.com/shop

Participating Artists:
WILL BAKER
BANDANA POTTERY
RICKIE BARNETT
PAM BREWER
CYNTHIA BRINGLE
SUSAN FEAGIN
TERRY GESS
LYNNE HOBAICA
LISA JOERLING
NICK JOERLING
MICHAEL KLINE
SUZE LINDSAY
BECKY LLOYD
SHAUNNA LYONS
COURTNEY MARTIN
KENT MCLAUGHLIN
TERESA PIETSCH
MATT REPSHER
DAVID ROSS
MICHAEL RUTKOWSKY
RUTH RUTKOWSKY
GALEN SEDBERRY
KEN SEDBERRY
JENNY LOU SHERBURNE
HITOMI SHIBATA
TAKURO SHIBATA
GAY SMITH
JOY TANNER

The Second Annual Seagrove Woodfire NC Weekend Pottery Tour and Sales June 6-7, 2020

THIS YEAR’S TOUR FORMAT WILL VARY SOMEWHAT, DUE TO CHANGING RECOMMENDATIONS ON SHOPPING AND SAFETY. THE SEAGROVE WOOD FIRE POTTERS ARE PRESENTING A MIX OF ONLINE SALES AND IN PERSON OPENINGS AT INDIVIDUAL SHOPS. YOU CAN GO TO SEAGROVE WOODFIRE WEBSITE TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL SHOPPING AND INFORMATION PAGES FOR EACH POTTERY. YOU CAN ALSO SEE VIDEOS, INCLUDING VIRTUAL TOURS AND UP TO DATE INFORMATION AS WE WORK TO CREATE THIS FUN AND SAFE EVENT!

ONLINE SALE GOES LIVE AT 10AM JUNE 6TH FOR SELECT POTTERS LISTED BELOW. SOME STUDIOS WILL ONLY BE OPEN FOR IN STUDIO VISITS OR BY APPOINTMENT.

FROM THE GROUND UP POTTERY (MICHAEL MAHAN)

STUDIO TOUYA (HITOMI & TAKURO SHIBATA)

BEN OWEN POTTERY (BEN OWEN III)

JUGTOWN POTTERY (VERNON, PAM, TRAVIS, & BAYLE OWENS)

JOHNSTON & GENTITHES ART POTTERY (FRED JOHNSTON & CAROL GENTITHES)

BLUE HEN POTTERY (ANNE PARTNA)

TRIANGLE STUDIO (KATE JOHNSTON)

DAVID STUEMPFLE POTTERY

LUCK’S WARE (SID, MATTHEW, & JASON LUCK)

DONNA CRAVEN POTTERY

*COVID-19 GUIDELINES agreed upon by the group for safe shopping:
We want everyone to enjoy their visit safely. Please keep at least six feet from others not in your group, wear a mask (available at some shops), and wash or sanitize your hands frequently. Respect maximum occupancy signs for indoor visits. As retail stores, we are following guidelines set by the NC Department of Health and Human Services.
Remember the 3W’s - WEAR, WAIT and WASH: wear a face covering, wait six feet apart, and wash hands often.

Hitomi Shibata & Takuro Shibata
Exploring Natural Materials in Ceramics

https://penland.org/workshops/clay/

CLAY SUMMER SESSION 7
AUGUST 25-31, 2019

This workshop will focus on possibilities for using natural materials. Students will learn how to process and test wild clays, ash glazes, and clay slips. Bring materials for your area to test and leave with results and the knowledge of how to experiment further at home. We’ll also make pots with stoneware, cover Japanese making and decorating, and fire gas and salt/soda kilns. Some throwing experience will be helpful, but this workshop is open to all levels.

Workshop at The Art League, Alexandria, VA

The Shibatas join The Art League to lead a ceramic workshop. Students learn the traditional Japanese Pottery methods of wheel throwing, coil building, and slab building. Demonstrations and hands-on time a both included. Hitomi and Takuro present a slide lecture on their experiences, inspirations and influences, wild clays in North Carolina, and their wood firing methods.

Jun 14th, 2019 (Friday: Lecture) 7:00pm-9:30pm

Jun 15th &16th, 2019 (Sat-Sun:workshop) 10:00am-4:00pm

www.theartleague.org