Studio Touya is a handmade pottery studio located in Seagrove NC where Hitomi and Takuro Shibata set up studio and built Japanese style wood kiln. Our focus is to make simple& functional pottery by using local wild clay and wood firing technique. We named our pottery as "Touya" when we started our small pottery studio in Shigaraki, Japan, and it literary means "pottery house" in Japanese which we really like.
Japanese Traditional Pottery Guest Artists: Hitomi and Takuro Shibata / Seagrove, NC 2 Day Workshop August 5th 1-5pm, August 6th 1-5pm http://artalliancegso.org/classes/workshops/ intermediate /materials required
Hitomi and Takuro studied and worked professionally in Shigaraki, Japan. They moved to Seagrove, NC in 2005. Here they have been involved in the pottery community as potters and educators in the Star and Seagrove area. In this workshop participants will learn Japanese traditional pottery techniques through demonstrations and hands-on practice. There will be a short slide presentation followed by instruction and demonstration. Throwing and hand-building techniques will be featured, including; throwing large bowls, coiling large jars, teapots and slab construction.
