Today, when the temperature is getting lower day by day, I want to relax with a warm drink.
If you can spend such tea time in a hand-made vessel!
That's why this time, we will challenge a hobby <ceramics> that is perfect for "autumn of art"!
Is it difficult?
No, no. Even for the first time, you can make one delicious container in the world!
First, “molding”. While being healed by the feel of clay, slowly and slowly
To report the first ceramic art, go to a pottery class in Tokyo where you can take trial lessons.
陶芸の成形方法には、「手びねり」「電動ろくろ」などの手法がありますが、今回は手びねりに挑戦します。
「手びねりは、手動で回す『手ろくろ』の上で作っていきます。こんなふうに、球体の粘土に親指を差し込み、上・外に伸ばしながら、だんだんと器の形にしていくんですよ」と先生。
This time, I will make this vessel.
The left is a sample that the teacher made quickly, and the right is the finished form.
お手本で見せてもらった手つきを意識して、いざ成形スタート！
“If you get impatient, you can't use your fingers well and stretch the same part over and over. Instead of getting it done faster, you just get tired. Slowly and carefully.”
そんな先生のアドバイスを守って、慌てず急がず……。粘土のしっとりとした感触に癒されながら、形を作っていきます。
Focus on your fingertips! Refresh in “no time”
It should be the same size as the model soon ...
The teacher says, “You have made it too thin.”
When asked, “Is it OK to pile up the clay?
“When making clay from soil, there is a process called“ Chrysanthemum Kneading ”that removes the air. This is very important and it takes years to learn.
菊練りで粘土の中の空気をしっかり抜いておかないと、焼いたときに膨張して作品が割れてしまうんです。層にして重ねた場合も、粘土と粘土の間に空気が入ってしまうので、割れる危険性があるんですよ」
It is NG to put clay on amateur thoughts. However, because it can be reworked, the upper part that is too thin and thin is cut off.
“If you check the thickness with your eyes, you tend to think that it ’s okay, and you tend to make it thinner. Do n’t be confused by the visual sense.
Under the guidance of a gentle teacher, adjust again.
If you are concentrating on the sensation of your fingertips, where are your usual nuisances? ... Unexpectedly, you can make your mind feel refreshed somewhere while you are concentrated!
今度はうまくできたはず！と思いきや……、
Somehow in a tulip shape!
Although I was able to concentrate, I put power into my fingers and pushed up the clay.
How can you change the shape of your finger with just one use of your finger?
果たしてこれで目標の形になるのか、一抹の不安がよぎります……。
Once you learn how to use your fingers again and adjust them, you will finally have a shape like a vessel.
飲み口を「切り弓」と呼ばれる道具でカットし、「なめし皮」でなめらかに整えると……。
Jahn! I'm getting closer to the sample!
Next is “cutting” on the hill. Work while enjoying a pleasant response
But there are still differences from the model. It is the part called “the hill” at the bottom of the vessel.
ここは、通常5日ほど放置して粘土が硬くなってきてから削り出すそう。
しかし今回は体験レッスンということで、ドライヤーで粘土を乾かし、その日のうちに作業を行います。
Use the “Kakibera” to mark the line drawn by the teacher.
粘土が適度な硬くなっているので、薄く削ると「シュッ」、厚く削ると「ズルリ」といった感覚が。この手応え、なんとも楽しい！
Here is the finished shape!
The form with a chubby and rounded bottom is pretty cute?
After this, after “unglazed”, “Yuyaku Hake” and then “main-baked”.
The glaze is about a week after unglazed.
どんな姿に焼きあがるのでしょうか。
Add glaze and color to the original container with the “glaze hanger”
Now, unglazed baking is complete!
白っぽく焼きあがっているのは、信楽焼と美濃焼の土を1:1で混ぜた粘土を使ったため。
使う粘土によって、陶器そのものの色合いはかなり変わってくるんです。
These 8 types were chosen by the teacher as “a glaze that is hard to fail even for beginners”.
今回は、上の写真の緑色の小皿と同じ釉薬、「藁織部釉（わらおりべゆう）」を選んでみました。
I think that when you open the bucket with the glaze, a green liquid will appear, but the glaze itself is gray like the picture. Colors come out by baking.
“It's difficult to make a glaze with compounding and management. The glaze itself is just grabbing the cup with special scissors and immersing it in dobon. There is nothing difficult,” says the teacher.
数日後には、本焼きされた＜オリジナルの器＞ができあがります！
Make your favorite drink with the finished vessel! The joy of enriching everyday life with handmade vessels
At a later date, meet the finished product after the main baking!
ちょっぴりいびつで、成型時の指の跡がでこぼこと残っていますが、そのおかげで、「藁織部釉」のやわらかなグリーンが濃淡を演出してくれました。
The good thing about homemade is where you can enter your name like this.
This is exactly one vessel in the world!
自分で作り上げたと思うと、なんとも愛おしく感じられるものです。
What I received immediately was an acure made “ 【Japanese green tea】Asa no chaji flavored gyokuro”.
The shape of the vessel and the area around the mouth are soft, giving you a different sensation and taste than when using a plastic bottle.
A vessel made by yourself colors your daily life.
That is also the charm of pottery.
広告主名：株式会社JR東日本ウォータービジネス
広告主連絡先：東京都品川区大崎1-2-2 アートヴィレッジ大崎セントラルタワー9階
媒体名：アキュアラウンジ
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Gently support working people! "【Japanese green tea】Asa no chaji"
"【Japanese green tea】Asa no chaji" with 100% domestic tea leaves, jointly developed by ITO EN and acure.
＜ Tea that gently supports the “morning” of workers ＞ As a renewal in June 2019.
Two types of different sizes ... No, did you notice that there is not only a difference in size?
A large bottle (525ml) with <clean green tea>. If you drink it in the morning when you want to start your day well, your body and feeling will wake you up!
A small bottle (275ml) is <Taste Gyokuro>. HOT in autumn and winter, morning and evening when it gets chilly, and relaxing time. It is recommended to enjoy the deep taste of gyokuro.
With two tastes that can be selected according to the scene and mood, we will support you who will do your best this fall and winter.
