WORKSHOPS for ages 10-100, with Linda Mosley

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Whisking Matcha Workshop — One session

This two-hour session is an enjoyable way to learn how to prepare matcha tea with a bamboo whisk. Participants will take turns making tea for each other after a brief introduction to Chado, Japanese tea ceremony, and the characteristics that make a good tea bowl. Each workshop is tailored to the age and interests of the participants. Matcha and Japanese confections are included. The fee varies based on location and number of participants. Please schedule one month in advance. See photo gallery below.

Chawan (Tea Bowl) Making & Whisking Matcha Workshop — Two sessions

In this two-session workshop you will make a pottery tea bowl in the first session and learn whisk tea in your finished tea bowl in the second session. See photo gallery below. Clay and firing, matcha tea and Japanese confections are included. Fee varies based on location and number of participants. Please schedule one month in advance, and allow at least two weeks between sessions for drying and glaze-firing the chawan. Scroll down to see photos of previous workshops.

  • Chawan Workshop, Session One — This three-hour session begins with a short demonstrations of the Japanese tea ceremony to experience the role that the chawan (tea bowl) plays in this 400 year old meditative ritual. Linda will describe the essential characteristics of a chawan, and demonstrate traditional Japanese hand-building methods before you make one. Your work will be glaze fired in time for the second part of the workshop: learning to whisk matcha tea.

  • Chawan Workshop, Session Two — In this two-hour session, Linda will describe more about the process of Japanese tea ceremony. Participants will learn to whisk matcha tea for each other in the chawan that they made in Session One. All tea, utensils, and Japanese confections will be provided.

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