Ceramic Workshops in May

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I’m happy to announce two ceramic workshops coming up in May.

On Saturday, the 10th, we will dive into the world of sculpting animals. On Sunday, the 11th, we will spend the day with building all kinds of pots and bowls and decorating them by making imprints with different wood stamps, flowers, plant leaves and any object you can think of leaving a nice pattern.

Each workshop is self-contained.

In detail:

Sculpting Animals – Saturday 10th of May – 10:00 – 14:00

This workshop is devoted to sculpting animals – any kind of animals existing on earth, in dreamland or in our fantasy. This is quite an open field from very realistic to completely abstract.
My intention is to help everyone find an idea, a pose and a way to sculpt an animal figure that suits his/her abilities and tastes and to support putting it into practice.

The finished pieces will be dried and fired and will get that typical terracotta colour of the fired clay.

You can find some pictures of animals that we made in past workshops.

Pots with Imprints – Sunday 11th of May – 10:00 – 17:00

We will have a break for lunch which I will provide.

Before we put the parts (bottom, sides, feet etc.) together we make decorative imprints with stamps or whatever can be used as stamps such as flowers, leaves, textiles, buttons, pen lids, just anything you can think of.

These pots will stay in the terracotta colour of the fired clay and for a more contrasty effect I will treat them after the first firing either with a white or a dark colour (as you prefer) before firing them the second time with transparent glaze on the inside if you wish.

Here you find a variety of pots that we made in past workshops.

 

  • All the necessary materials as well as the firing, glazing and lunch are provided.
  • No previous knowledge in pottery is necessary.
  • As soon as your objects are ready I will contact you so you can come and pick them up from my atelier.
  • For any questions or registration call me at 697 422 11 51 or email me at schnyder.barbara@gmail.com.