Darlene Tsukamoto on fri 18 feb 11
We still have openings in this workshop! Please give us a call if you
are interested in registering!
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Inspired by Nature
With Akira Satake
Saturday, April 16-17, 2011 | 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Fee: $190 non-members, $180 LAC members
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Join us as we welcome Akira Satake as he presents a weekend workshop
focusing on slab construction techniques and Kohiki slip applications on
functional pottery forms. Participants will learn to work with both
soft and hard slabs, exploring a variety of processes and techniques to
create teapots, tea cups, pitchers, vases, boxes and other functional
pottery. He will share his distinct Kohiki slip technique for enhancing
surfaces by brushing white porcelain slip onto a dark clay body, then
stretching the clay to crack and distort the brush marks. The result is
a uniquely compelling surface that is subtle, beautiful yet powerful and
dynamic.
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Akira will also discuss his experience and understanding of the Japanese
aesthetic in his work. Participants will gain insight in finding the
beauty in imperfection, the meaning of "wabi-sabi" and the importance of
"ma" the space in between. He will demonstrate his style of making tea
ceremony bowls, water jars, and ikebana vases, all influenced by
Japanese pottery from the Momoyama Period of 1568 - 1615.
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Akira Satake was born in Osaka, Japan and has been living in the U.S.
since 1983. In 2003 he relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Swannanoa,
North Carolina, where he built a Japanese Kyushu-style oil kiln and a
wood-fired kiln. He is a full time studio potter and musician and has
won awards in both fields. He has given many workshops in the U.S. and
internationally and participated in the Smithsonian Craft Fair,
Philadelphia Museum Craft Show and Washington Craft Show. For more
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For more Info or to register please contact:
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5722 Lee Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22207
703-228-0558/0560 fax: 703-228-0559
dtsuka@arlingtonva.us
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Lee Arts Center
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5722 Lee Highway
Arlington, Virginia 22207
703-228-0558 fax: 703-228-0559
dtsuka@arlingtonva.us
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Stay in the circle. Visit our new website http://www.arlingtonarts.org.
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