The next Zen Shway event will be at: Saratoga Fine Arts Festival Saturday & Sunday, May 6-7, 2023 10am – 5pm at West Valley College I’ll be in Booth 107. It will be a great opportunity to pick something up for Mother’s Day! Hope to see you there!
Workshop: Using a 3D Printer for Pottery
Do you have a 3D printer that you haven’t used yet or one that you aren’t sure how you could use for your pottery? Are you curious what 3D printers are and if you should consider buying one? Do you want to learn how to design and make 3D-printed custom texture rollers? If you answered …
Event: Venue Change — Nov 5th in San Jose
Change of Venue: My next pop-up will be on Saturday, November 5, 2022 in San Jose. Hope to see you there! (Walnut Creek Artisan’s Market was canceled due to weather, but the weather will be nice in San Jose!)
Apple Bakers and Baked Apple Recipes
Apple bakers are perfect for making a tasty fall treat without the need to bake a full apple pie. Below are some resources for some fun baked apple recipes to try. NOTE: when using a ceramic apple baker, you should NOT preheat your oven. Place your apple baker with all ingredients into a cold oven, …
More Zen Shway items added to SJ Made online
Additional Zen Shway products are now available online via San Jose Made. This includes some mugs, cover pots, vases, and small bowls. If you can’t find what you are looking for there, you can use the Contact Us page, message @zenshway on instagram, or visit us during our next event. Thanks so much for your support!
Event: Oct 1st at SCC Parks Fall Festival
Our next event will be at the Santa Clara County Parks Fall Festival at Martial Cottle Park in San Jose on Saturday, October 1st, 9am – 2pm. The festival will include local arts, crafts and foods, kids activities, agricultural workshops, animal presentations, historical autos, antique farm equipment, live music, food trucks, exhibitors, entertainment, pumpkin patch – and …
Making Stencils with Processing.org
Processing.org is an open source scripting language / software sketchbook that can be used to programmatically create geometric patterns and more. I’ve recently been having fun using it to create some stencils. Here are some sample stencils that I created with processing and then cut in tyvek on my Silhouette Cameo 4. Tyvek is a …
Event: April 9th at San Jose Made
The next Zen Shway event will be for the San Jose Made Sidewalk Shop: Saturday, April 9, 2022 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM at Moment, 60 N San Pedro St, San Jose Hope to see you there!
3D Printing Resources
During my Intro to Using a 3D Printer for Pottery talk at Clay Con West, I talked about how to easily create the above pictured 3D printed tools for pottery. Here are many of the 3D printing resources that I included in my talk + a few extra resources as well. All3DP — leading 3D …
Zen Shway products on San Jose Made
A few Zen Shway products are now available online for local pick-up via San Jose Made! If you can’t find what you are looking for there, you can use the Contact Us page, message @zenshway on instagram, or visit us during our next event. I heard that shipping may be available via San Jose Made …