The Art of Whisking Tea Shogun's Gallery is honored to host Jan Waldmann for two introductory tea ceremony classes in our new open gallery classroom. This class is designed for those who are interested in learning about Chado – The Way of Tea and the basic understanding of a simple preparation of matcha (powdered green tea). […]
You will learn how to repair ceramics with all natural materials, the Japanese traditional Kintsugi method. Kintsugi (金継ぎ, gold joinery) is a 500+ years old Japanese traditional practice to repair ceramics/potteries. The traditional method uses all natural materials throughout the whole process. Repaired pieces will be food-contact safe, waterproof, and heatproof up to hot food […]
A unique gallery showing of our collection of Ranma carvings. These are beautifully carved pieces of functional art that were used as a transom above sliding screens throughout the Japanese home. In the words of author E. S. Morse in 1886, "The ramma requiring great skill in design and execution are those in which the […]
