2 January 2012

3 Workshop in this month

Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had good holidays.

I am doing few workshop in January. Please contact me if you are interested in!

1. Porcelain Hand built 1Day Workshop

8th January (SUN)     Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
16th January (MON)  Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
19th January (THUR)  Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

2. Draw your own design on bowl 1DAY WORKSHOP

9th January (Mon) January Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
17th January (TUE) January Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

3. Image Transfer & Drawing on Cup & Saucer

8th January (SUN) January Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
10th January (TUE) January Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
23th January (MON) January Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

12 December 2011

Workshop in January 2012

Many people requested me to have another workshop in December, however I cannot run workshop as I have to prepare my space for Christmas Sale. Instead, I will run workshop in January. The new workshop “IMAGE TRANSFER & Drawing on Cup & Saucer” is added along with Porcelain Hand built & Drawing your own design on bowl Workshop.

1. Porcelain Hand built 1Day Workshop

You will make one salt dish with imprint as well as any object you like.

8th January (SUN)     Time: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
16th January (MON)  Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
19th January (THUR)  Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Cost: $75 (includes 500g porcelain clay, glaze, imprint materials, and firing fee)
Bring: towel, apron, anything textured* (example – Doily, bamboo, leaf, stamps etc,.)
Many people might have seen Keiko’s salt dishes at the market. It is made from porcelain, very thin with texture. Keiko will show you how to make salt dishes, as well as other small objects. You can make WHATEVER you like such as small cup, plate, spoon, or jewellery. Your work will be slowly dried and fired twice and will be glazed (clear only) so that you can pick up your work following week. It is a great opportunity for those who wanted to try porcelain clay. *Not necessary to bring if you don’t  have them.
Minimum 4, Max 5 people

2. Draw your own design on bowl 1DAY WORKSHOP

You will apply your own drawing on Keiko’s pre-made bowl.

9th January (Mon) January Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
17th January (TUE) January Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

Cost: $65 (includes 1 bowl, glaze, drawing materials, and firing fee)
Bring: your own design/drawings idea
This workshop is very simple, but relaxing way of making your own designed bowl! (Rather than battling with clay on a wheel) You will use ceramic pencil, cobalt, and iron oxide to decorate on Keiko’s handmade porcelain bowl.You will learn how to dip glaze a bowl after decoration. Don’t worry, even if you think you cannot draw, there are lots of ways to decorate a bowl!

Minimum 4, Max 6 people

3. Image Transfer & Drawing on Cup & Saucer


Above: Various Japanese Tissue paper and saucer with sample design


Above: Tissue transfer & pencil drawing applied on cup


Above: Cup & Saucer after fired

You will learn how to transfer image/drawings on Keiko’s pre-made cup & saucer.
(saucer shape will be different from the above image)

8th January (SUN) January Time: 1 pm – 3 pm
10th January (TUE) January Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
23th January (MON) January Time: 6 pm – 8 pm

Cost: $85 (includes cup & saucer, Japanese tissue transfer, glaze, drawing materials, and firing fee)
Bring: your own design/drawings idea
You will learn how to apply Japanese tissue transfer on pre-made cup and saucer as well as drawing with ceramic pencil. You will also learn how to dip glaze the work. Your work will be fired by Keiko so that you can picked up them within a week.

Minimum 4, Max 6 people


From left: Yuka, Umi, Sora, Brana, Dolly, and Elizabeth from Porcelain Hand built Workshop

BOOKING by Email or Phone:
If you are interested in joining my class, please contact me as soon as possible because my classes are very small and it fills up quickly. If any of the dates above does not fit your schedule, I will be happy to do workshop for you if you gather minimum 4 people .
It is great to start making and being creative from the beginning of the year! Email toinfo@keikomatsui.com.au or Call me on 0425-725-978
.

30 November 2011

Students’ work from workshop

Here’s some images of students great work! It is great to see good result after having fun:-)

 After 1st firing – Porcelain hand build workshop

 Em’s bowls

 Emi & Mika & Minna’s work

 Margaret’s bowl

 Brana’s bamboo imprinted work

 Inside Em’s bowls

 Hello boys! – two special dogs of Denise

 Alison & Minna’s work


Victoria’s bowls for Penelope

28 November 2011

Workshop Report

I would like to upload some images of my workshop in November. Thank you for turning up at  my studio on time!

We have had so much fun with creating small object! Some students came all the way from wollongong! Thank you for your participation.

Porcelain hand build workshop on 23rd Novemer Wednesday

 

 Alison made ocean theme sushi plate

 

 Minna made lots of salt dishes

 

 Porcelain hand built workshop on 27th November Sunday

 

 Margaret is drawing flower motif with blue ceramic pencil

 Dolly brought her own stamps and making small objects


Denise was applying logo of her dogs

17 November 2011

Workshop before X’mas

Porcelain Hand built 1DAY WORKSHOP

Date: 23th (Wed) November Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
27th (Sun) November Time: 1 pm – 3 pm(Fully booked)

Cost: $75 (includes 500g porcelain clay, glaze, imprint materials, and firing fee)
Bring: towel, apron, anything textured* (example – Doily, bamboo sushi mat, stamps etc,.)

Many people might have seen Keiko’s salt dishes at the market. It is made from porcelain, very thin with texture. Keiko will show you how to make salt dishes, as well as other small objects. You can make WHATEVER you like such as small cup, spoon, or broaches. Keiko will fire your work twice and will also glaze it (clear only) so that you can pick up your work following week. It is a great opportunity for those who wanted to try porcelain clay.

*No necessary to bring them if you don’t  have them.

Minimum 4, Max 5 people

Draw your own design on bowl 1DAY WORKSHOP

Date: 26th (SAT) November Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm
              30th (Wed) November Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

Cost: $65 (includes 1 bowl, glaze, drawing materials, and firing fee)

Bring: your own design/drawings

Minimum 4, Max 6 people

This workshop is very simple, but relaxing way of making your own designed bowl! (Rather than battling with clay on a wheel) You will use ceramic pencil, cobalt, and iron oxide to decorate on Keiko’s handmade porcelain bowl.You will learn how to dip glaze a bowl after decoration. Don’t worry, even if you cannot draw, there are lots of ways to decorate a bowl!

*X’mas Event* Wrap, Fold, and Tie – Gift wrapping 1DAY WORKSHOP

Date: 1st (Thur) December Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

Cost: $45 (includes wrapping paper, ribbons, and tape) It was $55 in the newsletter, but $45 is the right price!

Bring: 2 A4 size book/notebook(practice for wrap) and something to wrap for example:softies, jewellery,T-shirts, etc (You can bring the actual Christmas gift if you like) Scissors, colorful masking tapes.Your own wrapping paper & ribbons (if you like)

Crazy X’mas season is just around the corner! You can easily impress your friend by wrapping beautifully! I will show you how to do Origami wrapping(picture above) and many other way of gift wrapping for you. Very easy and fun workshop!

Please email/call me if you are interested in above workshops.

6 October 2011

Artisans in the Gardens@Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney

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The Artisans in the Gardens exhibition showcases the works of artisans who draw their inspiration from nature.
I am exhibiting many blue & white porcelain pieces as well as Chrysanthemum bowl & vases.

I will be at the venue on the 8th(sat), 9th(sun), 15th(sat), and 16th(sun) October.
Please pop in if you have free time.

FREE Entry

Royal Botanic Garden’s website
http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/friends/friends_events/friends_events/artisans_2011

24 September 2011

Workshop report – Students’ work

I would like to show off my students great work here! Everyone had fun and created beautiful work! Well done. Please double click to see the enlarged image.


[Kaoru's small dishes and earlings]


[Maya's spoon & small dish]



[Jan's pendant pieces & dish]


[Glenda's jug & saucer]

Next workshop will be sometime in November.

Even though you left your detail on my mailing list, if you haven’t received any e-Newsletter from me, I most probably mis-spelt your email address or I could not read your hand-writing on my list. Please email me to info@keikomatsui.com.au if you want to receive my e-Newsletter.


[Martina & her hand drawing bowl]


[Tida's bowl]


[Clive's bows]


[Tida's bowl - detail]


[Tida & Clive with their imprint porcelain work]

1 September 2011

Workshop Report

I held 3 workshops this time. Thank you for participating!

The new workshop – hand built with porcelain was surprisingly popular one. Although it is difficult to deal with porcelain clay, everyone made lots of small objects in the end. I will upload students’s work later on.

 ｔ

Tida, Clive, and Martina

Glenda, Kouta, and Maya

Glenda

I am planning to have another workshop in November. I sent workshop info to those who left detail at my mailing list. If you are not receiving email even though you wrote your name down, please email me to info@keikomatsui.com.au again. Sometime I cannot read your writing or I mis-spell your address..

19 August 2011

1 day Workshop

Workshop time!

It has been a while since I did the last workshop in November 2010.

I will have 2 different workshops this time. One is ‘Draw your own design’ and the other is ‘Hand build with porcelain – imprint technique’

Draw your own design!

Date: 27th (SAT) August   Time: 11am – 12:30 pm

           29th (MON) August   Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm

Cost: $65 (includes 1 bowl, glaze, drawing materials, and firing fee)

Bring: your own design/drawings

Minimum 4, Max 6 people

This workshop is very simple, but relaxing way of making your own designed bowl! (Rather than battling with clay on a wheelJ) You will use ceramic pencil, cobalt, and iron oxide to decorate on Keiko’s handmade porcelain bowl. You will learn how to dip glaze a bowl after decoration.

Don’t worry, even if you cannot draw, there are lots of ways to decorate a bowl. 

 

Hand build with porcelain – Imprint

[Above: porcelain hand-built objects – before fired]

[Above: porcelain hand-built objects – after glaze fired]

Date: 25th (Thu) August  Time: 6 pm – 8:00 pm

          28th (Sun) August  Time:11am – 1:00 pm

Cost: $70 (includes 300g porcelain clay, glaze, imprint materials, and firing fee)

Bring: towel, anything textured*

(example – Doily, bamboo sushi mat, stamps etc,.)

*No necessary to bring them if you don’t  have them.

Minimum 4, Max 6 people

Many people might have seen Keiko’s salt dishes at the market. It is made from porcelain, very thin with texture. Keiko will show you how to make salt dishes, as well as other small objects. You can make WHATEVER you like such as small cup, spoon, or broaches. (e.g. You can make 12 salt dishes with 300g porcelain)

Keiko will fire your work twice and will also glaze it (clear only) so that you can pick up your work following week.

It is a great opportunity for those who wanted to try porcelain clay.

Both workshop will be held at Keiko’s studio at Shop3, 28-32 Pine st, Chippendale.

For booking, please call or email me to; keiko.matsui@hotmail.com

 

 

 

9 August 2011

Selected finalists for John Fries Memorial Award

“Still Life – TORN“, was selected to be one of 15 finalists for John Fries Memorial Award 2011.

My work demands tight control of the wet clay on the spinning wheel.  This time while shaping the vase to be, I felt a need to tear it while spinning, so the result will be individual and raw.

A torn vessel.

An evidence of one violent heartbeat in a flat time line.

Unresolved.

Unglazed.

Silent.

The monotonic sound of the wheel halts.

And then again.

Only when all the vessels were put together, through a process of negotiating shape, character and space, I could hear my voice, a far cry.

This is my first work soon after giving birth for the first time.

An experience that has left me torn and fragile.

By myself, in the studio, I could only surrender the past and reform.

 

Text by Keiko Matsui

 

Exhibition Place: Viscopy
Address: 1 Blackfriars Street, Chippendale  NSW  2008
Date: 10 August to 30 September
Time: 1 to 5pm Wed to Fri.
Contact: (02) 9310 2018 

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