Our Candlelit Evening series is an invitation to slow, ground, and connect.
In our most-loved Bowls and Plates evening, you will choose and create one of two distinct forms, either a beautiful small bowl or sweet side plate using traditional, plaster drape moulds made in-house at our studio. This wonderful Oribe ware inspired workshop invites you to embrace shapes that are more organic, with a simple and accessible process.
Oribe ware is a distinctive style of Japanese pottery that originated in the early seventeeth century during the Momoyama period, known for its asymmetrical, freeform designs as much as its vibrant copper glazes, bold brushwork and playful motifs. At Umber Works, we admire Oribe ware for its celebration of imperfection and the earthy, organic qualities that align with our own approach to handmade ceramics.
We offer this workshop once a month, on Wednesday evenings (19.00–20.30)
For this workshop, you will use “Chalk” — a tactile, sanded white stoneware sourced exclusively from UK clays.
Pictured is the Chalk clay dipped in our transparent studio glaze and our Toast clay with a hand-applied white glaze, an example of what could be achieved in a glazing class.
Your work will be glazed in our transparent studio glaze as standard and fired for you after the workshop, ready to collect around a month later. Or you can opt to return for a glazing class should you wish to explore that element of the process.
Our Candlelit Evening series is an invitation to slow, ground, and connect.
In our most-loved Bowls and Plates evening, you will choose and create one of two distinct forms, either a beautiful small bowl or sweet side plate using traditional, plaster drape moulds made in-house at our studio. This wonderful Oribe ware inspired workshop invites you to embrace shapes that are more organic, with a simple and accessible process.
Oribe ware is a distinctive style of Japanese pottery that originated in the early seventeeth century during the Momoyama period, known for its asymmetrical, freeform designs as much as its vibrant copper glazes, bold brushwork and playful motifs. At Umber Works, we admire Oribe ware for its celebration of imperfection and the earthy, organic qualities that align with our own approach to handmade ceramics.
We offer this workshop once a month, on Wednesday evenings (19.00–20.30)
For this workshop, you will use “Chalk” — a tactile, sanded white stoneware sourced exclusively from UK clays.
Pictured is the Chalk clay dipped in our transparent studio glaze and our Toast clay with a hand-applied white glaze, an example of what could be achieved in a glazing class.
Your work will be glazed in our transparent studio glaze as standard and fired for you after the workshop, ready to collect around a month later. Or you can opt to return for a glazing class should you wish to explore that element of the process.
