Hand building ceramics with texture with Sue Mundy
Ref: SLW10956
Beginners/Intermediate
£424About this course
Taking inspiration from the natural world, create forms and vessels using hand building techniques, incorporating textures within. Learn how to use colouring slips, underglaze colours and oxides to enhance the surface textures.Course Description
This course will introduce you to the wide variety of hand-building techniques. With an emphasis on form and texture you will create a series of organic sculptures and vessels, incorporating the different methods together.
An experimental beginning will give you a chance to play; exploring and manipulating the clay, making shapes and finding new ways to add texture and pattern. These three-dimensional sketches will help to develop your ideas for your final pieces. Other artists’ work will be looked at and discussed throughout the course to offer inspiration and an insight into alternative ideas.
There will be group discussions and tutor demonstrations on pinching, coiling (three different ways), slabbing and press-moulding. You will learn to successfully join different shapes together to create one form. With a greater knowledge of the different hand-building skills, you will be able to develop and construct your own designs.
During the course, you will also learn how to use colouring slips, underglaze colours and oxides to enhance the surface textures. Decorating finishes will include inlaying, brushing, layering and sgraffito.
By the end of the course, you will have several finished pieces of work ready for firing.
Timetable
Arrival Day - this is the first date listed above
Courses start early evening. Residential students to arrive from 4pm, non-residential students to arrive by 6.45pm.
6.45pm: Welcome, followed by dinner (included).
8 - 9pm: First teaching session, attendance is essential.
Daily timetable
Classes 9.15 - 5pm, lunch is included.
From 6.30pm: Dinner (included for residential students).
Evening working - students may have access to workshops, but only with their tutor's permission and provided any health and safety guidelines are observed.
Last day
Classes 9.15am - 3pm, lunch is included.
Residential students are to vacate their rooms by 10am please.
(This timetable is for courses of more than one day in length. The tutor may make slight variations)
Course Materials
Included
- The cost of clay/glazing materials and firing costs of work made – large work in size and quantity may be charged extra. Basic pottery tools are available for use.
What students need to bring
- Sketchbooks
- Photographic inspiration. Bring along ideas and images of natural forms and structures that inspire you. This can include books, cut outs, images, drawings, etc.
- Collect anything you think might make a texture, from fabric, wallpaper, kitchen tools, found natural objects.
- If you plan to take your unfired work away with you please bring plenty of packaging material, boxes and bubble wrap to ensure its safe journey home.
- Camera and sketchbook to record the journey through the weekend.
- Apron
- Pottery tools if you have your own
Available to buy
- Available from shop:
- Pottery tools, wooden and loop tools
- Natural sponges
- Brushes
- Sketchbooks
Tutors
Sue Mundy trained at North Staffordshire University and has over 30 years of teaching experience. Her work is exhibited through galleries and specialist craft and ceramic events across the UK. Currently she is Artist In Residence at The University of Reading.
Accommodation
Residential option available. Find out accommodation costs and how to book here.
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