Make your own Shisa in this 2-day workshop with Dane Nakama. Dane will focus on a variety of handbuilding techniques to bring your own unique guardian figure to life.
Called a Shisa, Shishi, Singha, Komainu, Haetae, and by many other names - throughout Asia the mythical beasts of guardian lions or lion dogs have protected homes and families for centuries.
This workshop meets 2 days in a row, each session is 3 hours.
This is a level 2 handbuilding workshop. Some handbuilding experience required to get the full benefit of the class.
Dane Hiʻipoi Nakama (b. 1999, Honolulu, Hawai‘i) is a 3.5/5th generation Japanese-Uchinanchu ceramicist, painter, and educator from the island of Oʻahu, currently based on Tongva land. Through what Nakama describes as an “island dream journal” style of making, their art often explores themes of cultural hybridity, settler colonialism, indigeneity, and ancestral knowledge. Nakama is currently pursuing an MFA in ceramics at UCLA.
For ages 18+. All materials, firing and glazing included to keep your own Shisa
Hosted at POT Gardens: 3228 W. Jefferson Blvd, 90018
Payment plans available at checkout
