chisato kuroki
international ceramic studio
barcelona spain
4 WEEKS INTENSIVE CERAMIC TRAINING IN BARCELONA SPAIN
Ceramic is a way to self-knowledge and self realization
With this intensive course you can obtain hand building, decoration techiniques and glazes in short time.
Chisato Kuroki
A Japanese ceramic artist based in Barcelona, ​​has 30 years of experience with ceramics and 20 years of teaching experience. Winner and Finalist of many international competitions and biennals and invited artist at international art festivals or artist in residence in Spain, England, China, France and Japan.
She works from tableware, contemporary ceramic sculptures to large experimental kiln projects.
She is famous for her "Kamigama" kilns, are made with newspaper and fired with charcoal. This amazing and innovative kiln can arrive up to 1200 degrees in 3 hours.
Chisato Kuroki has also extensive experience in experimental ceramics, and in ceramic performances, she constructed a tea house (diameter 3m and heght 2m with 3 tons of clay) built in one piece and fired with wood for International Kiln Festival.
Apart from knowing Japanese techniques, she has also many original techniques thanks to her restless character, she continues to experiment with unusual materials.
Her raku workshop is well known and very popular for its originality.
She is also Kundalini Yoga Instructer. She is mixing yoga and ceramics to find her own center of inspiration.
You can find more video with this link
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfB9BuxRF_64IGINSvb_7g
Studio
The studio is located in very trandy Born area, in city center of Barcelona, surrounded by old streets, very near from famous Gothic church Santa Maria del Mar. The building of the studio was built in the 18th century.
The studio is in the clutural asosiation Espai Ku where some artists share the nice atmosphere space ando also you can find exhibitions, concerts, events specially in weekends.
Course Program
Modeling
*The contents of the program may change depending of the progress of the course.
Japanese Handbuilding tecniques
pinch
Japanese pinch tecnique
WAREYAMA TOJIAWASE, KAKUBACHI
slab
HARIAWASE, Lotus leaves, Japanese Trays
coil
Trays
emtying
GUINOMI
Decoration tecniques
Texture
Inlays
Neriage
Wax
Slip
etc...
Glaze
normal and wood ash glazes
How to apply glazes
