日時 2015年3月4日（水）9時30分～11時30分
内容 楽焼の焼成
場所 卸町光の子保育園（仙台市若林区卸町2丁目1-17）
対象 年長児 19名
講師 須藤圭太（ポッターさん）、須藤智子（ポタ子さん）
協力 卸町光の子保育園
朝から降り続く雨に不安を抱きながらも、園庭の軒下に移動式の窯を設置しながら、今日はこのまま雨の中はじめないといけないのかと思っていたら、はじめる頃にはすっかり雨が上がり、ワークショップ終了まで青空が広がる天気となりました。
燃焼中の窯は見た目が地味で変化に乏しく、窯の内部の高温をこども達に視覚的に伝えるために、窯の煙突から出る熱を利用したポップコーン作りも行ないました。ワークショップでの経験が、ポップコーンの味と共にこども達の記憶に残るのではないかと期待しています。窯出しでは、水につけた瞬間に変化する色に驚き、真剣に見つめています。出来上がった作品をお互いに見せながら、さっそくおままごとがはじまりました。
Rakuyaki 2 Firing
Date: March 4, 2015 9:30 - 11:30
Contents: Rakuyaki firing
Venue: Oroshimachi Hikarino-ko Nursery School, 2-1-17, Oroshimachi, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai
Target: Children in the senior class, 19 children
Instructors: Keita Suto ( Potter-san ), Tomoko Suto ( Potako-san )
Partners: Oroshimachi Hikarino-ko Nursery School
For the workshop "Rakuyai 2 Firing" we set up a mobile kiln under the eaves in the schoolyard and fired the pieces created during the workshop "Forming by hand."Like the last time, we arrived at the venue 2.5 hours before the starting time and started preparation in the rain. It had started raining the night before.
It kept raining after starting the workshop. However, the rain had stopped by the time the children went to see the kiln set up in the schoolyard after making a print of their hands for handprint ceramic plaques in commemoration of their graduation. The plaques were made during the workshop "Keepsake plaque" which was held at the same time. We had fine weather with clearing skies until the end of the workshop.
We could see little change in the kiln while the pieces were being fired. We popped some popcorn using the heat from the chimney of the kiln so that the children could visually understand that the works were being fired at a high temperature inside the kiln. We hope they will remember the workshop and the taste of the popcorn.
When we removed the pottery works from the kiln, the children were surprised to see their works change color at the moment they were immersed in water. The children looked at the changes seriously and compared each other's finished work. The workshop was successful, and no one got bored during the four-hour workshop including the lunch break.
The questionnaire completed after the workshop showed that many of the children were anxiously waiting for the completion of their pieces and wanted to create more.
