Name: Nerikomi Ceramic Workshop
Start: 2025-01-04T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-04T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Oki Education Center

2024 -2025 Schedule

Details

Adult Workshops

Saturdays, January 4 & 18, 2025
Saturdays, September 6 & 20, 2025

(2-Day Workshop)

Cost: $150
Time: 10:00 am – 12:30pm
Location: Oki Classroom
Material Fee: $40 (cash payable to the instructor)
(Advance registration required)

Nerikomi is a hand-building pattern technique made with colored clay, by mixing colored clay and then press it together. “Neri” means to mix, and “komi” means to press. The clay is layered in different patterns to create a block of clay. After, you slice the block into thin layers. Finally, you make a pattern in a repetitive (or abstract) way from these slices to create different objects. In this workshop students will learn in the first class to create a patterned block of two colors of clay. The second class will be dedicated to cut the slabs and transform them into nice trays, plates or vessels.

Meet Your Instructor

Sofia Vidal has a Masters in ceramics design from Musashino Art University, Japan. With a four-year training with professor Makoto Komatsu, she continued to further her studies in Asia, traveling to inspiring places like Jingdezhen, China, where she supported the artist in residency program at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute.

Back in Peru, she taught ceramics at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, and participated in projects granted by the government, working with local artisans to design ceramic pieces. In 2011, Sofia opened her own ceramics studio in Peru. She focused on designing functional pieces because they provide a perfect balance between intimacy and accessibility as a form of art. Sofia’s work is inspired by Asian culture which led her to understand daily pottery as a joy that gathers people together and celebrates life.

Workshops

- Our one to two-day workshops are taught at an introductory level*, providing guests with the basics on an array of Japanese subjects. (*unless otherwise stated)
- Registration: Advance registration is required for all classes & workshops.
- Registration Opens: All Educational programs are open for registration on August 1st each year for the new season. The season runs from October of the current year to the summer of the following year.
- Admission: Admission to the museum & gardens is included with programs over $35.
- Age Requirement: Please know that unless otherwise stated as “Youth” all classes and workshops are for adults and teenagers 15 years and older. We will allow some younger youth on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the Education Program Coordinator at (561) 233-1367 if you would like to enroll a younger youth in a program.
- WORKSHOP POLICIES including cancellations & refunds