Tutor Debbie Page
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
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This one-day, onsite workshop is suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh.
Workshop Details
With the Spring just around the corner, we’re looking to the garden. Making a herb planter & tray and a sundial to grace your garden, patio or balcony.
This workshop will take on the technical challenge of making herb planter plus it’s drainage tray, together with a sundial tailored to your chosen location using slab building techniques; this will involve rolling out slabs of clay. We can also include texture as part of the decoration of the planter.
The pots will be left with the tutor for firing and final transparent glaze application and will be available for collection from Ardington School of Crafts approx 4-5 weeks following the class. Pieces can also be posted directly to students for additional cost. Alternatively students may take their pieces home directly.
Skills & Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. All materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £45-55 to include clay, glazing and firing, payable to the tutor during the course. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below.
Students - please bring with you:
Aprons, old teatowels, notes books & pens if you wish to take notes,
10am - 4pm
Lunch & afternoon tea provided
Click here for Timings & Refreshments
This one-day, onsite workshop is suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh.
Workshop Details
With the Spring just around the corner, we’re looking to the garden. Making a herb planter & tray and a sundial to grace your garden, patio or balcony.
This workshop will take on the technical challenge of making herb planter plus it’s drainage tray, together with a sundial tailored to your chosen location using slab building techniques; this will involve rolling out slabs of clay. We can also include texture as part of the decoration of the planter.
The pots will be left with the tutor for firing and final transparent glaze application and will be available for collection from Ardington School of Crafts approx 4-5 weeks following the class. Pieces can also be posted directly to students for additional cost. Alternatively students may take their pieces home directly.
Skills & Techniques Covered
- Making the sundial and the planter templates
- Designing any decoration
- Forming the slabs of clay by rolling out
- Joining hardened slabs to make the planter
- Constructing the planter and sundial - Joining sections of clay & blending/ securing seams
- Applying decorative sprigs to the planter
- Marking up the sundial
- Using texture as a decorative technique
Materials
Materials are not included in the booking fee. All materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £45-55 to include clay, glazing and firing, payable to the tutor during the course. The items you will need to bring with you are listed below.
Students - please bring with you:
Aprons, old teatowels, notes books & pens if you wish to take notes,