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Hi, it’s Mirjam. Last night, we finally opened applications for 2026–2027 — and with that, it felt like the right moment to share what really happened during our very first Trial Residency in March. As you may have already sensed in our previous blog posts, Ken and I were quite nervous. Would our schedule work? Would our guests get along with each other — and with us? And was our English good enough? To answer all of these questions first: yes… and no ;) It was a lot of fun.

Hi, it’s Mirjam again, The second shooting took place inside the studio. For this day, we asked our friend Jérémie Paré-Julien, who works at Kouraku Kiln in Arita, if we could “borrow” some of her residents for a day. They kindly agreed, and for the first time we were able to teach a class with four students. Although the main goal was to take photos, it was also a great opportunity to test our two new wheels and see whether the studio layout worked well for teaching. Unfortu

Hi, it’s Mirjam from studio wani, It’s April, and in Hasami the cherry blossoms are slowly turning into fresh green leaves. At the same time, we are getting ready to open applications for our first regular residency this autumn. While working on the website, I also wanted to start sharing some of the story behind CROC — how and why we began this residency program. February 2026 We had already launched our website and confirmed two participants for our trial residency in March