Heart Fire Sanctuary & DoShinTei ~ Shared Heart Arbor present:
Raku and Chado Workshop


Instructor: Jan Waldmann and Richard Brandt
2-day Workshop: Jul. 16 & 23, 2023 (10 am—3 pm)

Capacity: 6 participants

Suggested donation: $70–90, link to register below. 


This Workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn about the beauty and functionality of the utensils used in the Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony.

Each day a simple presentation of traditional Chanoyu will start the day’s work, allowing participants to see and feel the practicality of making and using these implements.

Some items that you may make at the workshop are:

Tea bowls, vases, sake cups & servers, serving dishes, and a variety of other small items used to enhance the experience of making and enjoying a bowl of matcha.

Additional Information will me emailed to you after registration

Jan Waldmann, a Tea instructor from DoShin Tei ~ Shared Heart Arbor, will provide the cultural context in exploring and using these utensils.

Richard Brandt, from Heart Fire Sanctuary, is an Oregon ceramicist who will share his time to inspire and instruct participants in hand-building techniques to make these implements. Basic instruction includes forming pieces, glaze application, and the unique, hands on, Raku style firing process.


My dedication to cutting through inequity and accessibility barriers has inspired me to offer all my excursions, programs and workshops for “pay what you wish”. Upon registration you will be directed to a Paypal page. There will be suggested donation amounts for those that have monetary energy to offer.

Please choose “other” if your monetary energy is low and your enthusiasm is high! My apologies but you have to donate $1.00 just to get the website registration complete. I can pay you back that $1.00 when you arrive.

All done and Welcome!





The gift of your life was given to you for no other reason than to live your uniqueness.

And, even more to the point, share your uniqueness by living it “out loud”.

This is why living your uniqueness is important to the health and future of the community.

You have come to complete us.



Parking is limited, carpool if you can.

Registration is your donation. Receipt is email confirmation.

Please contact us for questions.


Richard Brandt
Heart Fire Sanctuary
14305 SE 242 Ave
Damascus, Or 97089
971-302-3143
heartfiresanctuary@gmail.com