Left: Lacquering Experience.
Right: Vintage lacquerware.
Lacquerware, which has been loved since ancient times, is completed by sawing wood and applying lacquer. In the olden days, woodworkers roamed the mountains and made their living making pottery. The people of Satoyama love lacquer trees, and the lacquer sap that they collect after growing them for more than 10 years is used as a material for making lacquerware. I made good use of it. Hokuriku has an environment suitable for making lacquerware, and there are many lacquerers.
Creating Beautiful Vessels from Natural Wood
We have prepared a menu where you can experience and experience the lacquerware process of "wood sawing" and "lacquering" in the land of TAKIGAHARA, which is rich in nature.
Specifically, the participants will experience "making pottery using turning techniques to create beautiful pottery from natural wood" and "lacquer coating in the base and intermediate coating process, which is the foundation of robust lacquerware".
Main Instructorʼ s Profile
Fumiko Syouji
A Hikimono craftswoman from Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture. She entered the Training Institute of Wood Turning, and later studied under Kazuo Satake, a traditional craftsman. Currently, she works as a contractor for lacquer and also produces her own products.
Siteurl｜https://www.fumiko-s-woodturning.com
WOOD SAWING & LACQUER
木地&漆
Schedule DAY1
AM
11:00
Orientation, explanation of the flow and concept of the experience tour.
PM
12:30
Buffet style lunch with everyone at CAFE.
13:00
The instructor will explain what the wood base, potter's wheel, and lacquer are.
14:40
It's time to start the experience. An experience of actually forming the bare wood using a knife and applying lacquer to the bowl.
16:30
Free time. It is also possible to take you to a nearby hot spring.
18:00
Dinner. Cheers with the original sake cup that you made in the experience. All dishes are made from Hokuriku lacquerware.
21:00
Continue laughing and talking at the MOSS BAR behind CRAFT&STAY.
Schedule DAY2
AM
08:00
If you wish, let's collect chicken eggs together.
08:30
A Japanese breakfast centered on brown rice for everyone.
09:30
Classroom lecture. Next is lacquer time.
10:00
Resuming the experience. In this experience, you will dye using various dyes.
PM
12:00
Lunch.
14:00
Tea time.
*The above is an example. There may be some changes on the day.
