Besides visiting ceramics museum and eating grandma's sushi, Ying Ge in New Taipei also plays ceramic diy, which is a very suitable choice for children. This time, I chose the famous Xinwangji Porcelain and Pottery Classroom in Old Street, and signed up Miss Q for two activities: tearing by hand and painting an ancient breakfast bowl. This holiday, I will take a full set of clay sculpture handicrafts to take the children for a walk!
The goal of this DIY activity in Ying Ge is to hold hands. After checking the information on the Internet, we found that many ceramic shops in Ying Ge Old Street provided hand-pulling services, crawled google comments of many shops, and even frantically followed the news within three years. Finally, we decided to give Xinwangji Porcelain our first hand-pulling experience. They can register by hand through the official website or on-site appointment. By making an appointment in official website, I received a phone call from the staff to confirm the registration information almost every other day.
Xin Wang's Ci
Address: No.81,Jianshanpu Road, Yingge District, New Taipei City, 239
Tel: 022678 957 1
Fan Page/Appointment Manual official website
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Xinwangji porcelain is an old brand in Ying Ge. Now it has spread to the fourth generation, and I like the new image I feel after stepping into the facade. Such a traditional craft that combines the old with the new always makes people shine.
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Outside the pottery classroom is the exhibition shop of Xinwangji porcelain. For laymen like us, it's like entering another universe, and we are cautious when we are full of exquisite pottery, especially when we have a child XDD around.
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As we arrived earlier than scheduled, we looked around first. Sister Q immediately found out that the floor in the store was mysterious, and the staff enthusiastically introduced us to this pottery-making scene ~ super special!
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What else is there to visit? My eyes were immediately attracted by this row of cups on the table. On closer inspection, it turns out that this is a famous Ying Ge color-changing cup, that is, after adding hot water, the hidden pattern of the cup body will gradually appear, and the on-site staff also demonstrated it to us. It's really beautiful.
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In addition, it is also good to visit this set of jubilant cups. I don't know what gift to give this couple. I think this is really good! It's just that you may want to crush the word when you quarrel ~ hahaha.
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In addition to tableware, I didn't expect such a delicate and chic little Buddha statue. Even people like me who have no religious beliefs can't help but want to start ~ super cute.
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The more you visit, the more interesting it becomes. What a coincidence! There is a tea set made of moon cakes! ! This should be a gift for the elders ~
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Finally, I found that in addition to adult products, there is actually an area dedicated to children! The table is full of lovely pottery objects and shopping baskets for children. The boss is very thoughtful.
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The prices of small things in this children's area are friendly, and the unit price is about 30 to 80 dollars. Personally, I think the practical series includes cat chopstick racks and small colored plates.
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Then look at the lovely duckling family series, the corner biological modeling cylinder and the miniature rice cylinder, which are actually quite good. Finally, Miss Q picked two chopsticks racks (Practical Capricorn).
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I didn't expect there to be dining space besides the exhibition hall. After reading the introduction, tell Xinwangji porcelain to eat lightly. It seems good.
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In terms of unit price, a tourist area is ok, with drinks of $ 50- 130, snacks of $0/20-180 and children's muffin meals of $0/50.
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That's right. On the same day, we found a customs clearance activity at the checkout counter at the gate, through which we could get a $50 voucher, including handmade activities. Parents may wish to ask if there are any activities!
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Time is almost up, come to class! I set up a charging price list at the door of the classroom. By the way, share my doubts at that time. What's the difference between pinching pottery and pulling it by hand? In fact, the two are completely different activities. Pinching pottery by hand is a bit like pinching clay, and then pulling it by hand is to shape clay on the turntable. In addition, the finished product does not contain kiln firing, if you want kiln firing, you need to pay extra! Moreover, it takes about two months to burn the kiln, so you can choose to pick it up after two months or mail it at your own expense.
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On this day, we made an appointment to report at the door of the classroom at two o'clock in the afternoon. Here, we have to charge a fee of $250+$300 for the activity of breaking hands, and an extra fee of $50 per person to accompany adults into the venue. Kiln burning expenses will be decided after the final completion, and if it is, it will be settled separately before the appearance.
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The space of pottery classroom is mainly divided into hand-drawn area and hand-made area. The photo below belongs to the handmade area. About ten long wooden tables and chairs are provided on site, which is enough for a whole family to come and play.
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At the other end of the handmade area is the hand-pulled bad area, which is really worse than other shops in the old street. The walkway is spacious and the lights are bright.
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In addition to these two areas, there is also a finished product storage and teaching demonstration area on the other side. I wonder if this firewood kiln in the photo is still in operation. It looks very historical.
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Because the hand-holding is carried out in groups, we are arranged to have a hand-holding experience first. After the teacher called the roll, he first took us to the demonstration platform and introduced us to the later artistic design of the finished product, that is, adding three-dimensional patterns or lettering patterns to the cup body.
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Then he took us to handle the scene to do demonstration teaching. There are also clear process instructions on the wall behind the teacher. The six construction methods seem simple, but they all need experience accumulation. The teacher mentioned that it takes about three months to learn just to open a hole (wow)!
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At the end of demonstration teaching, at the moment of experience, the center should be set according to the teacher's instruction, and the clay sculpture must be firmly fixed on the turntable, otherwise it will fly out of the turntable as soon as it starts, which is very funny.
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Then there is the second trick: opening a hole, which means that this trick is really difficult for beginners. Fortunately, the teacher will wander around and help us soon.
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Fortunately, the teacher has just taught me how to operate gestures, so the next third measure: dealing with the bottom layer is easier to get started. But if the strength is not well controlled, the clay on the turntable will be deformed immediately.
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Today, this is an activity that requires high concentration. Unlike painting or kneading pottery, it can be said that it is a difficult diy activity, and the final steps: pulling up, deforming and taking out are completely impossible without a teacher.
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I remember that the hand-breaking activity that day was not limited to * * *, that is, it was operated by you in a fixed time, and the classroom also provided free access to clay raw materials, and you could have as much as you wanted. After the experience, put the work on the shelf for the time being, and then you can wash your hands in their special hand washing area. The teacher reminds you not to wash your hands in the bathroom, because clay will block the sink in the bathroom.
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Then, choose gadgets to beautify the finished product. There are a lot of on-site modeling molds, and there are so many options that it is difficult for Miss Q to choose ~ hahaha.
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After selecting the mold, take back the finished product that has just been broken off from the shelf and enter the manual production area to help the finished product process! Here, we should use the method that the teacher operated on the teaching demonstration platform at first, first flatten the clay,
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Put the molding die you have chosen, press it hard, then gently remove the unnecessary clay at the edge of the die, and then take out the molding clay and stick it on. This glue is special for clay.
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This last step is a test of hand-eye coordination, because the finished product is still in a soft state. The outer layer should be pasted with three-dimensional clay, not directly pressed. You must use one hand to help relieve the pressure on the other end.
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Finally, there is not enough mud paste, so you can trim the edges slowly with mud glue. After the beautification project here is over, the whole hand-holding activity will come to an end ~ hoo! Although I am only responsible for taking photos and recording, it is really not easy to diy while watching the whole hand-holding activity go on. Children are advised to eat and sleep well before coming back.
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Because I also helped Miss Q sign up for the ancient breakfast bowl, the teacher brought us a painting tool and a formed bowl. Besides pigments, painting tools also have sponges. If the painting is not satisfactory, you can erase it and draw it again. But the teacher suggested that it would be more beautiful to use less sponge.
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Ok ~ Q mainly goes to work. After thinking about the theme, you can start. Originally, she wanted to draw Marvel comic characters, but after thinking about it, she decided to draw her favorite historical figures.
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Maybe the table is short, so Master Q draws shorter and shorter. Finally, the whole person simply squatted on the ground and painted. From a distance, the whole person has become a very low-key artist ~ hahaha!
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The activity of drawing an ancient breakfast bowl is much easier than simply drawing a blank by hand, which is to let children play freely, so if they are younger children, it is more suitable for this experience.
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Yeah! About an hour later, Master Q finished her ancient breakfast bowl, which means that all her historical figures are like primitive people (Sister Q: No! These are people from the Three Kingdoms).
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Finally, if you want to burn the kiln, take the finished product to the registration office to pay. Here, many colors after kiln burning are displayed on the wall for our reference. Finally, we always break two pieces+an ancient breakfast bowl by hand, and the cost of three pieces of kiln burning is about 480 dollars. It seems that they charge for kiln burning according to the size. Please ask the on-site staff the most accurate charging method!
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Today's fee summary: $250 u/+ ancient breakfast bowl experience $ 300+ escort fee $ 100- admission fee $ 50+ kiln burning fee $480 = total fee $ 1080, and the stay time is about three hours. During the activity, Miss Q personally gave five stars/out of five. Mom, I also think this experience is very interesting, but the operating age of hand pulling should be above middle school grade, which should be more suitable. Two months later, we went back to get the finished product and then came up to share our experience. !
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