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On Thursday, I went to a place called Jam Garden and took a pottery class.
They do 2 hour classes for 3000 yen.
First I had to draw what I wanted to make.
I decided to make a macha chawn - which is a little bowl for drinking macha.
First the teacher explained what to do.
こういう風にやっていると、まん丸くなりますので、
If you do this, it becomes round.
こういう風にまん丸くしてください。
So please do this and make it round.
で、ここから作り始めていきますが、
So now we can start.
どうやるかと言うと、
How you make it is,
まず親指を真ん中に乗せます。
first, put your thumb in the middle.
必ず、全てが真ん中、真ん中です。
It's important to make sure everything is properly centred
真ん中に必ず親指を当てて、
Make sure you put your thumb in the centre,
外側に四本指を真っ直ぐに当てて、
and put your four fingers straight down against the outside,
ゆっくり、こう回しながら、
and while slowly turning the wheel like this
下に、下に、親指で押して行って下さい。
push your thumb down, down.
指の跡を取りますね。
Now I'm going to get rid of the finger marks.
ます最初にここ、
First, here
ここはキュッと内側に入っているのに、
this slopes in at the bottom,
これは逆に外側にキュッと出ちゃっているので、
but this one is sloping outwards.
これを切りましょう。
So I'll cut this off.
思いっきりロクロを回して、
Turn the wheel as hard as you can
中心にキュッとコテを当てて、
touch the stick like this in the middle
ゆっくり自分の方に、こういう風にコテを引っぱっていくんです。
Slowly pull the stick towards yourself, like this.
そうすると、ボコボコが消えるですね。
Then you can get rid of the bumps.
弓を当てて、
Cut it like this.
弓を動かさないようにして、
Try not to move the cutter.
こういう風にロクロを回すと、
If you move the wheel like this,
まっすぐに切れますので、
then you can cut it straight.
これで外します。
Cut if off like that.
Then I made my piece.
First I made the clay into a round ball.
Then put the ball on the wheel.
Then spun the wheel to check if it was in the centre.
The teacher that it's really important to make sure it's in the centre.
Then I started pressing the clay with my thumb and fingers like she told me.
My thumb got kind of tired so I used two hands.
Gradually it got bigger and bigger.
And then it was time to cut the bottom.
Then I smoothed out the sides.
Then cut the top.
And smoothed around the top.
Then I changed the shape a bit, by pushing out with my fingers.
I cut the bowl off the wheel.
Looking good!
Then I wrote my name on the bottom. Sara.
Then I washed my hands.
And I drew a picture of my piece.
Finally, I chose the colour.
Pink.
links
music
show start
artist: Anawin
album: A glimpse inside the bubble
track: Little jazzy
from: Arles, France
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
qa bgm
artist: OPRACHINA
album: The jazz farm
track: The Moon In August, Fat-Fast
from: Roma, Italy
album at Jamendo
artist at Jamendo
artist site
YouTube channel
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