Ceramic Sculpture - Art Est Art School and Gallery

Hand-Building Ceramics with Tanya Bechara | Teens 13 years and over

This hand-building and sculpture class is ideal for teens looking for a tranquil, creative space to learn fundamental techniques to make and decorate clay surfaces, with a focus on surface decoration. New students will learn basic hand-building techniques like coiling, pinch pots, and slab work building up to more complex sculptural techniques as their skills and abilities develop. Experienced students will continue to develop and refine their skills with assisted instructions that... [More]

This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.

Ceramics | Flower Totems with Lisa Hölzl

Part 1: 6 hours 10am — 4pm Saturday 4 January 2025 Create a stunning flower-based sculpture in this 2-part workshop. During Part 1 of this workshop you will learn techniques for making proteas, banksias or other flowers that interest to you.  You will make a single, self-supporting table sculpture to be bisque fired ready for colour and glaze two weeks later during Part 2 of the workshop. With her incredible experience Lisa will help you realise your ideas. There is a scheduled... [More]

Ceramics | Flower Totems with Lisa Hölzl

Sat 4 Jan - Fri 17 Jan 2025
10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
2 sessions, 8.5 hours total

Lisa Hölzl

SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay, underglazes, glazes and bisque firing, glazing, and glaze firings by our ceramics tech.

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Sat 4 Jan 2025	10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040
Fri 17 Jan 2025	6:30pm - 9pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040

If there isn't a class to suit you, please the waiting list.

Ceramics | Slab Building and Texture with Denise McDonald

Course overview: With your tutor Denise McDonald, you will build a pitcher using textured slabs of clay in this hands-on two-day workshop. Believe it or not, even an absolute beginner will finish up at the end of the 2 days with a pitcher. What to expect We will start by exploring how to create texture to the clay. You are encouraged to bring objects and materials that have special meaning for you, such as embroidery and lacework, plant material, pieces of wood, shells etc. These... [More]

Ceramics | Slab Building and Texture with Denise McDonald

Mon 6 Jan - Tue 7 Jan 2025
10am - 2pm (UTC+11:00) (first session)
2 sessions, 8 hours total

Denise McDonald

SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay, underglazes, glazes and bisque firing, glazing, and glaze firings by our ceramics tech.

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Mon 6 Jan 2025	10am - 2pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040
Tue 7 Jan 2025	10am - 2pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040

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Ceramics | Sweet Treats with Jayanto Tan

Come and join us making Sweet Treats or Indonesian Jajan Pasar. In this class, Jayanto will guide you to make your dream street vendor snacks that are inspired by his motherland’s culture, and the foods that evoke memories. Be inspired by the rich colours, cultures, textures, shapes and designs of real or imaginary snacks and a knowledge about street vendor food, and create a life-size delicious clay sculpture. Explore the materiality of clay and have fun experimenting in this... [More]

Ceramics | Sweet Treats with Jayanto Tan

Sat 11 Jan
2:30pm - 6pm (UTC+11:00)
1 session, 3.5 hours total

Jayanto Tan

SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay and underglazes, bisque firing, glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Sat 11 Jan 2025	2:30pm - 6pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040

Workshop | Contemporary Ceramics with Stephanie Phillips

Join sculptural ceramicist Stephanie Phillips, who was a 2024 Finalist in Australia's Next Top Designer, in this one-day contemporary ceramics workshop to create an architectural style sculpture or sculptural vase. Learn some expert tips including coiling methods to make your piece. Stephanie’s ceramic work is bold, textural, architectural, and always sculptural. She playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty while at... [More]

Workshop | Contemporary Ceramics with Stephanie Phillips

Sun 12 Jan
10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00)
1 session, 6 hours total

Stephanie Phillips

SPECIAL! Enrol in 3 or more workshops for adults in one transaction and receive 10% discount on your fees. Discount applied at the checkout. No further discounts apply. Workshop fee includes a fee to cover materials including clay and underglazes, bisque firing, glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Sun 12 Jan 2025	10am - 4pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040

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Ceramics | Tealight Cottages | 8-12 years

Students will learn how to sculpt an adorable little house as the perfect home for a tealight, casting a warm and cozy glow wherever it's placed! What will students take home? Students will take home a twice fired ceramic sculpture. After the class is finished, their pieces will be fired in our kilns. Parents will need to return on a later date once the pieces are ready for collection. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork... [More]

Ceramics | Tealight Cottages | 8-12 years

Thu 23 Jan
1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)
1 session, 3 hours total

Isis Star

When	Time	Where	Session Notes
Thu 23 Jan 2025	1:30pm - 4:30pm (UTC+11:00)	Ceramics - Art Est \| 10 Hill Street \| Leichhardt NSW 2040

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Ceramics | Start Up for Beginners with Carol Hudson

This 4 week course with artist Carol Hudson, packs a wide range of ceramic hand-building techniques into 4 sessions. Designed to inspire, and ignite your creativity, this short course will give you the skills to get you started in making fabulous ceramics works. Carol’s classes are social, fun and rich in ideas and possibilities. She will share her secrets of making refined, beautiful, elegant and simple functional ceramics. What to expect Week 1: Pinch pot method with texture ... [More]

Hand-Building Ceramics with Isis Star | Teens 13 years and over

This class will encourage creative freedom, uniqueness and quirky design. Guided by ceramic artist and teacher Isis Star, students will be encouraged to express themselves, experiment and most importantly embrace the joy and therapeutic nature of working with clay. This term class is ideal for teens looking to explore and develop their artistic voice through ceramic sculpture and hand building. Over 8 weeks each term, students will learn fundamental techniques used by ceramic... [More]

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Little Monsters Clay Sculpture Workshop

Grab a friend for a 2.5 hour creative evening in our ceramics studio making your own handmade quirky little monsters. Purge your inner monster (or someone else’s) in this fun and therapeutic workshop. You will be introduced to basic clay hand-building techniques to make your monster. Be prepared to get addicted! What will you achieve You'll sculpt a little monster in clay that will be fired and ready to collect in about 3 weeks time. Your sculpture will be bisque-fired and then... [More]

Ceramic Totems: Fun Forms and Cascading Colours | Three Part Workshop | Lisa Hölzl

In this fun hand-building class you will create and decorate a totem based around a theme of interest to you. Perhaps botanical, magical or even abstract. No experience necessary! With her expertise, Lisa will help you plan and realise your ideas. Each participant will make a 60-80cm high ceramic totem for the house or garden. This is a great series of three workshop sessions introducing basic hand-building and glazing techniques, as well as composition and design. Bring along... [More]

This course has no current classes. Please the waiting list.

Ceramic Program