East District, Taichung · Lacquer workshop, by appointment
Kousancraft
Kousancraft's Jianzhi Street studio, with water-pattern clock and kintsugi classes by appointment.
Water-pattern clock
Kousancraft
Water-pattern clock from Kousancraft’s workshop course. Image: Kousancraft. Editorial use.
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Visits by appointment: call 04-2326-4147 or contact @kousancraft on LINE.
A dark blue clock is covered on one side with gold-coloured bubbles. In Kousancraft’s water-pattern clock class, water and lacquer produce the pattern before metal powder is added. The clock goes home with its maker that day.
Book the studio first. Kousancraft is at 12 Jianzhi Street in Taichung’s East District and receives visitors by appointment. Call 04-2326-4147 or contact @kousancraft on LINE. Ask about the session you want and its current availability; visitors needing English instruction should ask when arranging the visit.
The clock class is listed at NT$1,680 per person, with two people needed to form a class. It combines a 30-minute talk with 60–90 minutes of making. Ask the workshop to arrange the date before paying. Its one-day kintsugi course offers five hours of repair practice, listed at NT$10,000 for one or two people, using small tiles. A broken bowl brought from home will not be fully repaired that afternoon; natural lacquer needs time to cure.
Get there
Public transport
Visits are by appointment; arrange a time before setting out. From Art Bank it is about 1.9 kilometres: allow half an hour on foot, or take a taxi.
This stop is part of these guides
Taichung · lacquer route · studio by appointment
Follow a lacquer maker through Taichung
- A full day
- Reservation needed
- Full feature
Fengyuan Lacquer Art Museum is a separate trip. Kousancraft is by appointment; call Art Bank to arrange an interior visit.
Sources
- Kousancraft: store locator ↗ — Jianzhi Street studio address
- Kousancraft: official contacts ↗ — Phone, LINE and appointment-only visits
- Kousancraft: water-pattern clock class ↗ — Class, price, minimum group and photograph
- Kousancraft: one-day kintsugi course ↗ — Course, price and booking notes
- Lai Hsin-yu's route reply (Threads) ↗ — Route sequence and why each stop