Lecture, Demonstration & Workshop I am available for ceramic lectures, demonstrations and workshops in English or Japanese. All three of these educational packages can be merged into one, kept separate or melded together from various elements within each package - for instance, a workshop on a particular facet of ceramics might include the lecture or demonstration as an interlude. At present my lecture package delivered with slides, OHPs and video details the history/renowned potters & artists/techniques/aesthetics of Kyoto ceramics with background information on regional (mainly China & Korea) history and ceramics that have influenced Japan. This lecture is orientated toward art students, teachers and professional potters and takes the best part of a day to complete. The demonstration involves a display of clockwise Kyoto-style wheel throwing off a clay hump and - time permitting - can include trimming techniques. If I give this demonstration without the aforementioned lecture, I usually accompany it with a slide & video orientated explanation of throwing techniques as an introduction. Once again this is geared to art students, teachers and professional potters but is visually interesting for even the general public. Workshops are flexible but normally concentrate on wheel throwing (only practical for potters who want to throw on clockwise wheels), hand building or sculpting & mold making. In an overseas situation (outside of Japan), I would need to conduct workshops at ceramic facilities that can cope with a number of people working on all aspects of pottery right through to firing. I find the educational side of ceramics very rewarding, and after the success of my UK lecture & demonstration tour in 2000 (please see below for snippets of Tour Feedback), I would be more than happy to conduct similar tours of educational institutes in locations where English or Japanese is understood. The UK tour was funded by a Daiwa Anglo-Japanese grant, which covered my preparation, travel, accommodation, food and general miscellaneous items. Likewise, I require the above expenses to be covered and the provision of a small fee to compensate me while I am away from my own work. Request for overseas visits are more than welcome, but are probably best undertaken with the support of an association or education authority that can provide a number of venues (universities, art centers, etc.) for me to visit, so that overheads such as airfares seem less of a burden when measured against the number of students and professionals reached by the educational package. Tour Feedback Martin Piddington gave a series of extremely valuable, informative and entertaining lectures to the students and staff of the BA(Hons) and MA programmes of study in the Ceramics Department. As someone who has some knowledge of Japan, I was able to ascertain the depth of Martin's awareness and his ability to go beyond the superficial or the culturally obvious when talking about Japanese ceramics to students on European programmes of study. It was unfortunate that Martin was not able to spend more than one day at Rochester because of his very full lecture programme at other colleges. However, if there was the possibility of a return visit to Britain we would certainly appreciate it if he was able to spend more time with us. David Cowley, Senior Lecturer, Kent Institute of Art & Design (Rochester) I would like you to know that the very detailed and informative lecture which you gave to undergraduate students, and the illustrated demonstrations which you were able to include, were so full of the essence and values of your adopted culture. Your ability to bring alive the Kyoto ceramic tradition and its influence on current ceramic practice was extraordinarily insightful. Roger Turrell, Award Leader, University of the West of England, Bristol The students found it most interesting and an enlightening insight into the thinking and making of ceramics in another culture. The lectures were delivered with a knowledgeable enthusiasm that was much appreciated. Maggie Williams, Lecturer in Ceramics, Canterbury Christ Church University College Please Contact for details.