In this workshop you will make a slab-built lamp base with slip decoration.
In the first part of the workshop you will be able to choose from a selection of templates to cut out slabs of clay to build your lamp base form. You will be taught the fundamental techniques used when handbuilding in clay, and be guided through the build process. You will also be instructed to create measured holes for your piece to be wired into a lamp.
In the second part of the workshop you will be taught to use coloured slips to decorate your piece. You will learn stencilling and sgraffito techniques which allow for the creation of abstract shapes, block colour and pattern, through to detailed illustration. There will be multiple colours to choose from.
Your piece will be fired and glazed for you at New Brewery Arts. Your tutor will also give you guidance on what lamp kit to purchase for you to transform your finished piece into a functional lamp in your own time.
Tutor Pascale Wilson
MEET YOUR TUTOR
Pascale is a Bristol based ceramicist who loves to create character-rich artworks. She combines simple forms with faces, patterns and bold colours to spark narratives. Handbuilding is a slow and freeform production method, allowing her to organically discover characters while making. Her work is reminiscent of Pre-Columbian art, using repeated patterns, animal and human forms, and an intrinsic playfulness, inspiring a sense of myth and curiosity. Her interest in psychological states, dreams, and our collective mental landscape underpins her work, driving her to seek understanding through making.
Tutor: Pascale Wilson
Date & Time: Saturday 26th July, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Wheel Studio, New Brewery Arts
PRICE: £100 (£0.00 VAT)
Please note this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.
You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle or cup with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.
Our on-site café Blend is open 9am - 4pm
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Who is this workshop for?
No prior experience of working with clay needed, but this project is versatile and would allow for an improver to be more ambitious with their design.
What will I need?
All tools and materials will be provided.
Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty or bring an apron
Will I be able to take my work home? Will it be fired?
Your finished piece will be fired in our electric kilns and be ready to collect up to 6 weeks after the workshop.
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