Students will enjoy learning about sculpture and hand-building ceramics as they make some creative artworks in clay. Through structured activities and projects students will develop a whole range of clay hand building techniques to make some fun sculptures and functional ceramics. Students build their skills and confidence week by week in a fun and creative space and learn about working with clay and glazing techniques. Activities are age-appropriate and structured around hands-on...
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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...
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Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a centrepiece for your Christmas table! Make a bright Christmas tree using basic clay hand-building techniques. Add some candy canes or stars to decorate your tree and make it special! What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque firing, we...
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<p>Christmas is nearly here, time to get festive and make a centrepiece for your Christmas table! Make a bright Christmas tree using basic clay hand-building techniques. Add some candy canes or stars
This fun workshop will teach kids how to hand build a jar from clay, then make it festive! Kids will learn methods in coil building and making pinch pots, then have fun decorating their pot with shapes and add a splash of colour! What will students make? A twice fired clay sculpture of your holiday mug. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque firing, we then glaze the work...
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Let's create some winter wonder these holidays. Create your very own snowperson using hand-building ceramic techniques. Add colour when you paint it with underglazes ready for bisque firing in our kiln. What will students take home? A fired ceramic sculpture for you to proudly display. The artworks made in this class will be fired in our kiln so kids will not take their artwork home on the day. The work needs to dry out before bisque firing, we then glaze the work and fire again...
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<p>Let's create some winter wonder these holidays. Create your very own snowperson using hand-building ceramic techniques. Add colour when you paint it with underglazes ready for bisque firing in our
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...
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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.
Join the incredible artist and ceramicist Niharika Hukku to learn to paint onto bisque-fired surfaces where your bisque-ware is your canvas. Niharika is known for her exquisite illustrative designs painted onto ceramics. From flowers and fish, to birds and botanicals - her work gives a new reality to hand-built and decorated ceramics. Niharika will guide you through her unique process to beautifully paint a ramen-style ceramic bowl. She will facilitate your ideation and encourage...
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$260Limited
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Painting on Ceramics with Niharika Hukku | One day workshop
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 a hand-made bisque-fired platter, underglazes, and glazing and glaze firing by our ceramics tech.
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...
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$300Limited
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Ceramics | Slab Building and Texture with 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.
In this fun hand-building class you will sculpt and decorate a quirky, colourful bird using your own creativity. No experience necessary, as you will be shown various clay sculpting methods including coiling and slab techniques to construct your bird. Use textured rollers to give your bird different patterns on their feathers and paint with underglazes, to bring colour to their bird. If you like you may bring pictures of birds that interest you for inspiration. What to expect This...
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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.
In this two-night workshop with ceramicist Gretel Corrie, you will make 3 pinch technique porcelain items in beautiful white porcelain, including mug, bowl and dish set. Gretel packs a lot into this 5-hour session. Designed to inspire, and ignite your creativity, this workshop gives you the skills and knowledge to get you started in making beautiful pinched technique works. Gretel will share her secrets of making refined, beautiful, elegant and simple functional ceramics. What...
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$240Limited
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Ceramics | Pinch Techniques for Porcelain with Gretel Corrie
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.
