Electric Pottery Wheel Experience

【Feel the heartbeat of the earth at your fingertips】 A luxury of creating shapes 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 there 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 molding, the electric potter's wheel, which utilizes centrifugal force, has a unique sense of speed and the fun of transformation.

• Engaging sensation: The feel of the smooth clay, made slick with water, is surprisingly sensual. When you focus on the center and gently pierce 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 little pressure from your fingers, the vessel stretches high or puffs up. The beautiful curves that are born in the moment when your breath synchronizes with the rotation are truly a work of art unique to the electric potter's wheel.

■ 'Professional realm' that even beginners can enjoy

You may have the image that it seems '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 artisan: With the support of the artisan, you manage the clay's reaction and shape it. Without fearing failure, as you grapple with the clay, you will eventually be drawn into a deep state of immersion (the zone) where you only think about the vessel in front of you.

■ And the soul goes to the flames of Tensho Kiln

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

• From shape to work of art: The unique shape that you have crafted, one of a kind in the world. When it is fired in the kiln protected by the master craftsman, it transcends mere 'vessel' and is transformed into a 'treasure of a lifetime' that holds the memories of your journey.

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