Let’s prepare for spring with new flower pots for your balcony, terrace or kitchen window ledge. In two of the three upcoming February workshops you will have the chance to make your very own unique pots.
In the past two years I offered several workshops where we made beautifully decorated plant pots out of clay. We decorated them with all kinds of stamps, even grass or flowers which would give a nice structure and motif to the surface. You never tire of finding new ideas.
In the PLANT POT WORKSHOP WITH STAMPS we will use this technique. You can find many examples in the gallery under Plant Pots.
In the PLANT POT WORKSHOP WITH ENGOBE AND SCRATCHING we will use a different technique for decorating. We will paint a layer of engobe on the surface of the pots and scratch a design we like into it. Afterwards the pots get dried, fired, glazed with a transparent glaze and fired a second time (if you wish to have them glazed).
The subject of the third WORKSHOP will be the HUMAN FACE. All levels are welcome. It is amazing how a lump of clay turns step by step into something almost alive….and it doesn’t matter how realistic nose, mouth, eyes are formed. They get their own life and expression anyway and turn into something very personal and unique.
We will use the local red clay and leave the fired pieces in terracotta colour.
Here are the dates for all three workshops:
PLANT POT WORKSHOP WITH ENGOBE AND SCRATCHING
10/2/2019 Sunday, 10:00-17:00 with a break for lunch which I will provide.
16/2/2019 Saturday, 10:00-13:00 painting with engobe and scratching the design.
PLANT POT WORKSHOP WITH STAMPS
17/2/2019 Sunday, 10:00-17:00 with a break for lunch which I will provide.
MODELLING FACES WORKSHOP
24/2/2019 Sunday, 10:00-17:00 with a break for lunch which I will provide.
- All the necessary materials (clay, engobe, glaze, stamps…) as well as the firing and lunch are provided. For the second Plant Pot Workshop you can also bring supplementary stamps or things you want to use as stamps.
- My atelier in Modi is about 20 minutes drive from Chania. If you don’t have a car, there is a bus from Chania to Gerani from where I can also pick you up.
- For any questions or registration call me under: 697 422 11 51 or write an email to schnyder.barbara@gmail.com.
I’m looking forward to welcoming you in my Atelier!
