Date: October 21, 2023 (Sat) - November 5, 2023 (Sun)
The Hokkaido Pottery Society was established in 1968 and is a gathering of professional potters active in Hokkaido.
We work to contribute to the creation and development of Hokkaido's ceramic culture through work presentations, lectures, technical and other information exchange, and ceramic art instruction throughout Hokkaido.
To commemorate our 55th anniversary this year, we will be holding an exhibition at Sapporo Art Park.
Related events include pottery making demonstrations and workshops by invited artists.
Hokkaido Pottery Society Official Website
○Exhibited works
Works by potters from all over Hokkaido will be brought together. Works are also available for purchase.
AIZAWA Kouji ISHII Makoto ISHIKAWA Masaaki ITAMI Yuko UEDA Takayuki OGATA Syuichi KAIDO Shinji KOKABU Naoko KOYAMA Shichiro SAITOH Chikako SHIOIRI Minoru SHIBATA Mutuko SHIRATO Takayuki TAKAI Hideki TAJIMA Yuko TADA Masayo TANETANI Masaru ZHANG Uraka DOI Mariko NAKAMURA Teruko NAKAMURA Hiroshi NISHIKIORI Hiroshi NISHIMURA Fumiko HARADA Akira FUKUMORITA Machiko FUJITA Akiko MAENO Yuko MITSU Kazuhiro MITSUHASHI Eri MORI Shugo YAMASHITA Yoko YAMADA Shoko
Invited artist
Kazuya Ishida
Koichi Koyama
Oregon Potters Association exhibiting artists
Andy BALMER Richey BELLINGER Linda BOURNE Patricia BURNS Donna COLE Twig COSBY Jeff GUNN
Rosemary HERR Jennifer HILL Motoko HORI Hsin-Yi HUANG Eric JENSEN Jim JOHNSTONE
Anneliese KIEFER Jim KOUDELKA Roberta LAMPERT Samuel NEWMAN Jennifer PAK RURI Masami SCORVELCIU
Brenda SCOTT Lorraine VINOGRAD Jenny WATSON Chayo WILSON
Related project 1 Demonstration
Invited artists and Oregon potters will demonstrate pottery techniques.
Kazuya Ishida trained under Living National Treasure Atsushi Isesaki, a young Bizen potter, and then moved to England to study.
He will demonstrate his extraordinary techniques on the potter's wheel.
●Excellent potter's wheel technique
Date and time: October 22nd (Sunday) 13:30-15:30
Demonstration/Kazuya Ishida (invited artist)
Capacity: 30 people (reservation required, first come first served)
Venue: Sapporo Art Park Craft Studio Large Production Room
Participation fee/2,000 yen
● Tatara plate molding and slipware decoration
Date and time: October 26th (Thursday) 10:00-11:00
Demonstration/Andy Balmer (Oregon potter)
Participation is free
Venue: Sapporo Art Park Craft Studio Large Production Room
●Hand-made water pitcher and vase with crease pattern
Date and time: October 26th (Thursday) 13:30 – 14:30
Demonstration/Roberta Lampert (Oregon potter)
Participation is free
Venue: Sapporo Art Park Craft Studio Large Production Room
Related project 2 Workshop “Jomon pottery for both children and adults”
Experience the joy of making earthenware from scratch. Children up to 1st grade must be accompanied by an adult.
The firing is done using firewood in the Art Forest Square.
※Jomon is the name of an era that lasted about 10,000 years from about 13,000 years ago to about 2,300 years ago.
This time, we will be holding a workshop where we will recreate pottery from the Jomon period using the techniques of the time.
●Earthenware making
Date/Time/① October 21st (Sat) 13:30-15:30
②October 22nd (Sunday) 10:00-12:00
Lecturer/Hiroshi Nakamura
Venue: Sapporo Art Park Craft Studio Large Production Room
Capacity: 30 people each (Reservations required, first come first served)
Participation fee: 2,500 yen (800g clay included)
●Firewood firing
Date and time: November 3rd (Friday/Holiday) 10:00-13:30
*If canceled due to rain, etc., it will be postponed to Saturday, November 4th.
Venue: Sapporo Art Park, near the outdoor stage (in the hollow next to the second parking lot)
Free tour
Related Project 3 Workshop “Mysterious Relief Technique – Shellac Resist”
Koichi Koyama has won awards at numerous public exhibitions, including the East Japan Traditional Crafts Exhibition, and has published many books on pottery techniques.
The workshop will introduce the mysterious technique of "embossing with water without using a knife."
Participants will actually draw the artwork, then have it fired and handed over at a later date.
Date and time: Sunday, October 29th ①10:00-12:00 ②13:30-15:30
Lecturer/Koichi Koyama (invited author)
Venue: Sapporo Art Park Craft Studio Large Production Room
Capacity: 30 people each (Reservations required, first come first served)
Participation fee/3,000 yen
Related project 4 Gallery talk
Exhibiting artists will explain their works in an interactive manner.
Date/Time/① October 23rd (Monday) 13:30-14:30 Oregon Ceramics Association members (4 people)
② October 24th (Tuesday) 13:30-14:30 Hokkaido Ceramics Association members (4 people)
Venue / Sapporo Art Park Crafts Museum 1F Exhibition Hall
○Applications and inquiries regarding the above related projects
Hokkaido Ceramics Association Secretariat Person in charge: Masayo Tada
E-mail: masayo48cr@yahoo.co.jp
tel：090-7512-2761
Hokkaido Ceramics Association Home Page
*Please note that applications are not accepted at Sapporo Art Park.
