Electric Pottery Wheel Experience

【Feel the heartbeat of the earth in your fingertips】 A luxury of creating 'form' from 'nothing' with an electric potter's wheel

In the tranquility of a workshop in Ten'ei Village, the most exhilarating moment may be when you sit in front of the spinning 'electric potter's wheel' and gently place your hands on the damp clay. Once you turn on the switch, the lump of clay in front of you begins to spin like a living creature. What exists is a world of only your fingertips and the rotating clay. The electric potter's wheel experience is a supreme intellectual entertainment that relies on the delicate sensations of your fingertips to materialize your ideals.

■ The world changes with just a fingertip: the 'pleasure of immersion'

Unlike hand-throwing, the electric potter's wheel utilizes centrifugal force, offering a unique sense of speed and the fun of transformation.

• Intimate connection: The sensation of the smooth clay, made slick with water, is surprisingly sensual. When you set the center and gently poke a hole with your thumb, the thickness spreads evenly, and the shape of the vessel rises like magic.
• The thrill of manipulating change: With just a few millimeters of pressure from your fingers, the vessel stretches high or puffs up. The beautiful curves born in the moment when your breath synchronizes with the rotation are truly an art unique to the electric potter's wheel.

■ Experience the 'realm of professionals' even as a beginner

You might have the image that it's 'difficult,' but the wheel that spins at a constant speed actually has the advantage of making it easier for beginners to create beautiful vessels with uniform thickness.

• Guided by the artist: With the support of the artist, you manage the clay's reaction and shape it. Without fearing failure, as you wrestle with the clay, you will eventually find your distractions fading away, leading you into a deep state of immersion (the zone) where you only think about the vessel in front of you.

■ And then, the soul goes to the flames of Tensho Kiln

Thus, the vessel shaped by your very 'breath' is finally fired by the flames of Tensho Kiln.

• From shape to artwork: The unique form you crafted is transformed into a 'treasure of a lifetime' imbued with memories of your journey when it is fired in the kiln protected by a master craftsman.

The vibrations felt through your fingertips, the smell of the clay, and the surprise of changing shapes. Why not awaken the creativity sleeping within you using the magical device of the electric potter's wheel?