Pottery and Clay (2)
Pottery and Clay Workshop
Workshop Start Date: TBA
Workshop Description
- Each workshop consists of six series, with each one lasting one month.
- Each workshop consists of 12 sessions, each session lasting 2 hours.
- Participants are able to practice the new skills they learn from each class by booking a practice session at their convenience. Practice sessions are not mandatory, it is encouraged and to provide extra support for participants.
Workshop Agenda
Ceramic making by hand
- Learning how to use different materials.
- Preparing the clay.
- Crafting & creating mold.
- Introduction to insulators and material to separate the clay from its mold.
- Creating models.
- Creating mixed material.
- Crafting & creating molds.
- Introduction to insulators and material to separate the clay from its mold.
- Creating emblems.
- Creating more complex structures.
- Introduction to glazing material and tools.
- Introduction to different types of pigmentation with metallic oxides and paints and enamels.
- Learning how to apply different glazing and enamel finishes such as dull, shiny, fractured, contraction, stained, and mixed.
- How to set up a kiln and learn the ideal temperature to prepare the clay work.
Pottery on Wheel
- Introduction to different types of clay.
- Learning how to use the wheel.
- Compressing and massaging the clay to prevent bubble formation.
- Learning to make basic structures.
- Lathing and finishing clay body.
- Creating multi-structure clay works on the wheel.
- Creating double glaze, connecting, and lid clay structures.
- Creating multi-structure clay works on the wheel.
- Creating double glaze, connecting, and lid clay structures.
- How to set up a kiln and learn the ideal temperature to prepare the clay work.