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Join ZOUZ incense founder Mike Paré for a virtual, two hour sensory introduction to the ancient art of Incense making and natural incense materials. Learn the basics of making your own natural incense. Workshop will introduce a Japanese-style of incense making using traditional materials. The course draws from the history of incense and students will be introduced to a variety of aromatic herbs, spices, tree resins and powders. Participants will leave the class with their own incense to burn and share.

This will be an online Zoom class (link will be sent to your inbox)

The workshop consists of 3 parts:

Part 1: Incense Burning
Participants will learn historical and cultural aspects of incense. They will get acquainted with incense materials by burning them with a charcoal and censer. Creative and interactive exercises will involve incense burning and smelling ingredients, while learning the philosophy and techniques around formulating an incense blend.

Part 2: Formulation
Participants will will learn to formulate, assemble, and mix their blends. You will be sent a kit of incense materials including resins, herbs, woods, charcoal, ash and a concrete hand cast incense burner.

Part 3: Hand Rolling Incense
Participants form their blend into a burnable form by hand rolling cones or joss sticks. Drying and storage of incense will be discussed.

All materials for experimenting and making 40-60 incense pieces are included in the cost of the class.

Make it with a friend- There is enough materials in the kit to make 3 different batches of incense. Share a fun afternoon exploring natural aromatics!

Materials in the workshop kit: Censer, Bamboo Charcoal, White Ash, Tongs and Pipette. Also over a dozen different aromatic woods, resins and herbs, instruction booklet and more.

7 openings for each class scheduled.
*International students welcome, please email us to get signed up.