21-23 August
Transform your practice through the beauty, memory and nature of locally dug clay. Over three days ceramic artist Lea Durie will share her approach on sustainable making practices, connected to place through locally foraged clays. Lea’s ceramic practice is informed by fieldwork, foraging and making with the intelligence and memory of locally found geological materials.
This hands-on immersive workshop is for curious makers thinking about their material footprint or wanting to bring the local environment into their practice. Over three days you will gain specialist knowledge to work with the unique opportunities and challenges presented by foraged clay, consider your relationship with the materials you make with and expand your creative practice into exciting new areas.
Over three days your learning will be guided by demonstrations, shared knowledge, and research into the geology beneath us to:
Learn how to recognise, find and ethically harvest clay
Apply methods to process and test your clay, exploring the different outcomes from a range of clays available at the workshop and brought along by participants
Discover how to work with your clay character, or make modifications to create unique clay bodies suitable for you project
Make foraged clay slips and rock pigment washes for decorating your pieces
Create small works using the clay you have prepared
Equip yourself with the knowledge to continue your wild clay journey independently.
This is a course for novices, with some basic handbuilding skills, and seasoned artists wanting to unlock new possibilities in their clay journey. We will be all about experimentation and play, leaving you with the skills to keep exploring foraged materials and considering how you want to bring the local environment into your practice.
Participants are encouraged to bring along some of their own clay to test.
What to expect?
Day One:
Dive into the world of locally found and dug clay starting with learning about clays and where to find them in your area and on your travels.
Create a range of test pieces for a variety of clays, understanding their unique properties and load them to be fired overnight.
Day Two:
Explore ways to process different clays, ready for making
Experiment with modifications you can make to your foraged clay to create exciting clay bodies for any project
Work on a creative project using the clays we have prepared.
Day Three
Open the kiln to all of your tests and see the transformation of each clay to ceramic.
Create beautiful surfaces on your pieces using foraged clay slips and rock pigments
With lots of time for hands-on making time over the three days to get creative with the material.
21-23 August
Transform your practice through the beauty, memory and nature of locally dug clay. Over three days ceramic artist Lea Durie will share her approach on sustainable making practices, connected to place through locally foraged clays. Lea’s ceramic practice is informed by fieldwork, foraging and making with the intelligence and memory of locally found geological materials.
This hands-on immersive workshop is for curious makers thinking about their material footprint or wanting to bring the local environment into their practice. Over three days you will gain specialist knowledge to work with the unique opportunities and challenges presented by foraged clay, consider your relationship with the materials you make with and expand your creative practice into exciting new areas.
Over three days your learning will be guided by demonstrations, shared knowledge, and research into the geology beneath us to:
Learn how to recognise, find and ethically harvest clay
Apply methods to process and test your clay, exploring the different outcomes from a range of clays available at the workshop and brought along by participants
Discover how to work with your clay character, or make modifications to create unique clay bodies suitable for you project
Make foraged clay slips and rock pigment washes for decorating your pieces
Create small works using the clay you have prepared
Equip yourself with the knowledge to continue your wild clay journey independently.
This is a course for novices, with some basic handbuilding skills, and seasoned artists wanting to unlock new possibilities in their clay journey. We will be all about experimentation and play, leaving you with the skills to keep exploring foraged materials and considering how you want to bring the local environment into your practice.
Participants are encouraged to bring along some of their own clay to test.
What to expect?
Day One:
Dive into the world of locally found and dug clay starting with learning about clays and where to find them in your area and on your travels.
Create a range of test pieces for a variety of clays, understanding their unique properties and load them to be fired overnight.
Day Two:
Explore ways to process different clays, ready for making
Experiment with modifications you can make to your foraged clay to create exciting clay bodies for any project
Work on a creative project using the clays we have prepared.
Day Three
Open the kiln to all of your tests and see the transformation of each clay to ceramic.
Create beautiful surfaces on your pieces using foraged clay slips and rock pigments
With lots of time for hands-on making time over the three days to get creative with the material.
