Making clay handprints/footprints

"Wonder if Jomon people made them to commemorate birthdays or coming-of-age?"

In this workshop, you will make handprints/footprints by pressing your hand or foot into clay.
Finish it off by adding a pattern using tools such as cord.
After leaving it to dry for about 1 month, your work will be completed by firing it in a kiln.

Target / admittance capacity	Groups (limited to 30 people at one time) / individuals (mostly preschool children)
Required time	At least 30 minutes
Material cost	¥100 per 250g of clay (including open-firing (kiln firing) charge)
Material	Clay

※ If you cannot come to the museum on the open-firing day, we will do it for you. In that case, please come to collect your work at a time after that.
※ Clay handprints/footprints and clay mask will be fired in a kiln irrespective of season.
※ Please be aware that there may be some damage to your work when drying or open-firing it.
※ Works made from mid-October to the end of February will be fired by a kiln.

Examples of previous works

Other "earthenware-making" workshops

Clay flute/clay mask-making
Clay figurine-making
Jomon pottery-making