Last weekend I followed a masterclass Japanese throwing. It was great fun. the teacher Shozo Michikawa told us whatever we wanted to know which, i was told, is unusual for a japanese potter.
Yesterday evening Margreet and Henk (another student and het husband, i know them from a workshop in France last year) and myself took Shozo to diner…. we had great fun…. and got a lot of tips on where to go in japan for pottery.
I subscribed for pottery classes at the IKO in Hoogstraten (Belgium). It’s a part time art education, i have a good feeling about it…. my teacher will be Monic Radino
A more elaborate story will follow but for no just a short recap
On the way to cordes sur ciel I visisted La Borne, a pottery village in the middle of France not too far from Orleans.
A must for any pottery lover who is in the neighbourhood…. worth a longer stay next time
some slibcasted bowls as the first week was spend making molds and casting wih Eva koj
Later we visited a potter and got some of his porcelain to throw… needed to get used to it in the begining but it went ok in the end….
at the and of the week we did raku firing… with rawglazed porcelain things… and some raku clay ones
The second week was dedicated to throwing as Joop Crompvoets and Frank were giving the “stage”
I finally got the bottom of my bowls to be like a wanted to and found a way of throwing without straining some muscles in my hand… learned a lot.
At the end of the week we did a wood kiln with salt firing also with raw glazed stuff
the two small bowls are mine 
The last week we just
