日時 2016年2月22日（月）9:30～13:30
内容 楽焼の焼成
場所 卸町光の子保育園（仙台市若林区卸町二丁目1-17）
対象 年長児 15名
講師 須藤圭太（ポッターさん）、須藤智子（ポタ子さん）、布施拓朗
協力 株式会社光商会宮城
特製の移動窯を保育園の園庭に持ち込み、こどもたちの目の前で焼成しました。
今年度は、作品の釉薬掛けにも挑戦しました。白、黄、トルコブルーの3色の釉薬を塗っていきます。釉薬掛けの終わった作品からさっそく焼成です。1回の焼成は、およそ1時間。合計3回の焼成で、全ての作品を焼き上げることができました。ポッターさん曰く、楽焼の焼成としてはベストと言えるくらい窯の調子が良かったようです。
窯出しでは、約850度で焼成されたアツアツの作品を水につけた瞬間、ブクブクと泡を出しながら色が変化する瞬間を、固唾を呑んで見守りました。そして焼き上がったばかりの作品を手に取り、見せ合いっこのはじまりです。叩いてみたり、匂いをかいでみたりと、焼成前後の変化を観察する姿も見られました。完成した作品は、しばらく園内のホールに展示され、他の学年のおともだちや保護者にお披露目されました。
Rakuyaki Firing
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016 9:30–13:30
Contents: Rakuyaki firing
Venue: Oroshimachi Hikarino-ko Nursery School, 2-1-17, Oroshimachi, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi
Target: Children in the senior class, 15 children
Instructors: Keita Suto ( Potter-san ), Tomoko Suto ( Potako-san ), Takuro Fuse
Partners: Hikari Shoukai Miyagi Co., Ltd.
The firing process in a special mobile oven that had been moved to the nursery school’s garden.
This year, the children tried their hands at glazing some of the Rakuyaki pieces. They took care not to mix the colors of the brushes when putting on the white, yellow and turquoise blue glaze.
When the glazing was complete, the children proceeded directly to the firing. One firing takes about one hour. All of the children’s pieces were completed after three firings. According to Potter-san, the Rakuyaki firing went exceptionally well. He went so far as to say that it was probably the best conceivable turnout.
When the Rakuyaki works were removed from the 850° Celsius hot kiln and immersed into water, it immediately started to foam and bubble. The kids had a tense look on their faces when they watched the colors change. The children then took the newly finished works in their own hands and started evaluating each other’s pieces. Some children also observed the changes from before and after the firing by knocking on and smelling the finished product. The finished works were on display in nursery home main hall for a while, so kids from other grades and their parents could have a look at them.
