Botanical Dish Workshop
Join me for a creative time at my cozy home studio, learning how to hand-build your own cute ceramic dish, impressed with beautiful summer foliage!
In this workshop our main hand-building technique will be learning how to work with a slab of clay, how to roll it out and smooth it ready to be decorated by some of nature's gems! The foliage will be carefully pressed into the clay, and peeled away leaving a lovely imprinted design ready for colouring! The dish can then be formed into an organic shape of your choosing. Let your imagination run wild!
This class is beginner friendly, with no previous experience with clay required. It will take 1 1/2 to 2 hours to create and you will be able to make one, two (or more!) dishes (dependant upon your design and surface decoration choices).
I will have some Rosemary and some other leaves available, but I recommend that you bring your own selection of foliage. Foliage with thin but veined leaves/petals/stems are best for this technique and include Lavender, Rosemary, Conifirs, Gypsophila, Ferns, and small Maple leaves.
All the guidance, clay, equipment, tools, cutters, texture tools, and stamps you need will be available to you. You can also choose to colour your creations with underglaze (pottery paint) or select colours/glaze that will be applied later.
Such a lovely way to keep a little bit of summer alive!
Your work will be ready for collection in about four weeks.
It's a small home studio here and space is limited. If the times shown don't work for you, please get in touch as others may be available ([email protected]). If you would like to arrange an event for a larger group, do contact me as this may be possible (I offer pottery-making parties at your own homes!).
Children (6-15) are welcome, if accompanied by a paying adult. Tickets are required for all attending (both adults and children). Under 10's may find the length of workshop challenging. If you want a shorter session then please contact me to arrange!
The studio is in central Tsawwassen and the address will be provided after booking.