Mishima workshop l 2h workshop l surface decoration
About this experience
Mishima is a pottery technique where designs are inlaid into leather-hard clay by carving lines, filling them with contrasting slip or underglaze, and then scraping away the excess to reveal an inlaid pattern. This method, also known as inlay, originated in Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty. It's essentially the opposite of sgraffito, where the top layer is carved away to reveal the clay underneath
The mishima technique requires the clay to be at the leather hard stage, this describes the clay body when it has been partially dried to a consistency similar to leather of the same thickness as the clay. At this stage, the clay object has approximately 15% moisture content.
We will prepare a vessel for you to work on, this could be a plate or a bowl. You will sketch your design, carve it into your clay, fill the lines with underglaze then scrape away the excess to reveal your design!
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Good to know:
-short nails are much easier to work with but long pretty nails are not impossible to work around!
-Jewellery off!
-don’t come in your Sunday best, when we play with clay we get mucky!
-As it is the case in most studios, whilst the rest of your piece will be glazed by us after the first firing, the base of your piece will remain bisque. This means it won’t be covered by glaze.
-It takes about a month for your piece to come back to you. It needs to be fired twice and glazed before you can take it home!
-There are never more than 8 students in each class, this allows our teachers to offer excellent individualised support.