Sculpting Seeds & Animals
What's Involved
Hand building sculpting with clay is calming, meditative, and rewarding. Just using your hands and a ball of clay (and some simple tools) you will create a unique, organic shapes.
Garden ornaments inspired by seed heads and little animals are our favourites!
The basic skill is pinch pots, joining and adding texture and surface interest. The shape is your choice, but we have some ideas to inspire you!
The clay is stoneware; durable and frost proof. If you choose to make garden ornaments they will suitable to be left in your garden summer and winter.
When?
Sculptural hand building workshops run on Friday and Saturday mornings.
The session is 2.5 hours, from 10-12.30. This is quite a short time, so don't be too ambitious with what you would like to make.
The little animals in particular come to life with the detail, which ends up being the longest thing to do! These are suitable for children to make, but only from about age 10 upwards. (And adult supervision is necessary too!)
Useful Info
You will find that the hours soon go, aided by a nice cuppa and relaxing music in the background.
You can make whatever sculptural form you are interested in. This will be wet at the end of the session. It needs to be left to dry, and can then be either glazed in one of our studio glazes, or you can come back to decorate in your own style later.
We have a large work table area with space for up to six people. So that will be the maximum building at any time.
Please wear comfy old clothes. Hand building is not messy, but you will get clay dust on your hands.
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