calendar-icon
Loading Events

Slow Series w Donoma Studios

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Thursday November 14, 2024
  • Gallery | Ace Hotel Kyoto
  • Free

京都を拠点に活動するDONOMA Studio斉藤アンドリューをお迎えし、初の陶芸ワークショップを開催します。

アンドリューは台湾で陶芸に出会い、その後ドイツから京都へと旅を続け、環境に配慮したクラフト作りを追求してきました。彼の作品は、工業やキッチンから出る廃棄物を灰にし、それを釉薬にして再利用することで、資源や鉱物のサイクルを大切にしています。

2023年からはDONOMA Studioを運営し、カジュアルな食器の制作やワークショップを開催しながら、カフェやレストランとのコラボレーションも行っています。

今回の「スローシリーズ」では、粘土の特性や自然の資源循環に触れながら、創作を楽しんでいただけます。山から採れる黒、茶、赤、黄、灰色、白といった自然の色の土を使い、それぞれの色が持つ風合いを感じてみましょう。

DONOMAでは、ろくろで削った粘土の切れ端を再利用し、新しい形に生まれ変わらせます。通常は廃棄されてしまうこれらの粘土の端材を白土と混ぜ、大地の層のようなマーブル模様を作り出します。独自の練り技術と積層技法を使って、世界に一つだけのお皿を作ってみませんか?

※作品はワークショップ終了後、乾燥・施釉・焼成を経て、約1か月半後にお届けします。

参加費:お一人様4000円(当日現金またはカードでお支払いください)。定員は15名ですので、ぜひお早めにご予約ください。

 

We’re beyond excited to welcome Kyoto-based DONOMA Studio’s Andrew Saito for our very first pottery workshop.

After discovering pottery in Taiwan, Andrew went on a journey from Germany to Kyoto, exploring eco-friendly craft processes. He’s all about turning industrial and kitchen food waste into ash, which he then transforms into glaze for his pottery—celebrating the endless cycle of minerals and resources. 

Since 2023, Andrew has been running DONOMA Studio, where he crafts a casual tableware line, leads hands-on workshops, and collaborates with cafes and restaurants.

The Slow Series workshop dives deep into the nature of clay and the cycle of resources.

From the mountains, we’ll use soil in a variety of colors—black, brown, red, yellow, gray, and white—all reflecting nature’s own palette. 

At DONOMA, clay scraps are given a second life. Trimmings from the wheel, often overlooked and left unused, are repurposed in this workshop. We’ll mix these scraps with white clay to create marbled patterns that echo the layers of the earth. Through unique kneading and layering techniques, you’ll craft your own one-of-a-kind plate. 

*Note: After the workshop, your pieces will be dried, glazed, and fired. Finished pieces will be shipped around a month and a half later. 

Participation Fee: ¥4000 per person payment can be made via cash or card on the day of the workshop, RSVP to secure your spot. (15 spots).

 

Other events happening on Nov 14, 2024

14
Nov
Ace Hotel Brooklyn
8:00am @ A!R

Ace Artist in Residence with Lina Sun Park at A!R

Meet our new resident artist, Lina Sun Park. Combining textiles with items of personal significance and perishables, her work balances the quotidian and the fantastical to otherworldly effect. During her November residency, Park will work on an installation in which cloth, ribbons and bread aren’t quite what they seem. This residency is a part of our year-long partnership with Byline. Join us for the opening event on December 11th, 7-9pm. The exhibition will be on view December 2024–February 2025.  About…

Read more
14
Nov
Ace Hotel Athens
7:00pm @ Sebastian

SEBASTIAN | JAZZ TRIO at Sebastian

Step into an evening of sonic exploration and timeless grooves with a live performance by Daniel’s Paleodimos jazz trio! Known for his “drumming cosmos” that exists at the crossroads of jazz and Eastern music, Daniel creates a world of rhythm that is both bold and intricate, rooted in improvisation and infused with global grooves. Joined by John Selekos on the soulful combo organ and Dimitris Mastrogianopoulos on electric guitar, this trio takes cool jazz to new heights, blending the genre’s…

Free

Read more

Upcoming events at Ace Hotel Kyoto

12
Dec
Ace Hotel Kyoto
12:00am @ Gallery

Character Building by Daniel David Freeman at Gallery

東京のギャラリーアートブック出版社 commune との共同キュレーションにより、新たに発表された 2024年/2025 年のアーティスト・イン・レジデンス、最初のアーティストであるダニエル・デイヴィッド・フリーマン。Character Building is an exhibition by London-based artist Daniel David Freeman created during his A!R (Artist in residency) here at Ace Kyoto.The intricate graphite and coloured pencil drawings are the result of a laborious and reflective period of making throughout his residency at the ace hotel

Read more
13
Dec
Ace Hotel Kyoto
12:00am @ Gallery

Character Building by Daniel David Freeman at Gallery

東京のギャラリーアートブック出版社 commune との共同キュレーションにより、新たに発表された 2024年/2025 年のアーティスト・イン・レジデンス、最初のアーティストであるダニエル・デイヴィッド・フリーマン。Character Building is an exhibition by London-based artist Daniel David Freeman created during his A!R (Artist in residency) here at Ace Kyoto.The intricate graphite and coloured pencil drawings are the result of a laborious and reflective period of making throughout his residency at the ace hotel

Read more