Tutor Debbie Page
10am - 4pm
This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for beginners with a little experience through to more advanced levels.
Workshop Details
Under Debbie’s guidance, join this workshop to explore the potential of handbuilding with porcelain. Not for the faint-hearted!
This workshop will take on the technical challenge required to work successfully with porcelain. Porcelain is beguiling – it’s whiteness and translucency attract the eye and it has a fascinating history involving industrial espionage and cutting edge science. It helped to change the drinking habits of entire cultures and to shape an empire.
Notoriously difficult to work with; however with the right tools, the right guidance and the right project, it is more than possible to produce lovely work. We will be making small pieces, using pinching methods and slabs of clay. Texture works very well on porcelain so Debbie will show you how to apply texture by impressing and carving / piercing the porcelain.
Skills/Techniques Covered
Materials
Materials are not included in the workshop fee. All materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £ 30 payable to the tutor during the workshop.
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your workshop involves buying materials from the tutor.
Students please bring with you:
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.
10am - 4pm
This one-day, onsite workshop is designed for beginners with a little experience through to more advanced levels.
Workshop Details
Under Debbie’s guidance, join this workshop to explore the potential of handbuilding with porcelain. Not for the faint-hearted!
This workshop will take on the technical challenge required to work successfully with porcelain. Porcelain is beguiling – it’s whiteness and translucency attract the eye and it has a fascinating history involving industrial espionage and cutting edge science. It helped to change the drinking habits of entire cultures and to shape an empire.
Notoriously difficult to work with; however with the right tools, the right guidance and the right project, it is more than possible to produce lovely work. We will be making small pieces, using pinching methods and slabs of clay. Texture works very well on porcelain so Debbie will show you how to apply texture by impressing and carving / piercing the porcelain.
Skills/Techniques Covered
- Rolling out slabs of porcelain
- Slab building, including use of templates and formers
- Using texture as a decorative technique
- Joining sections of clay & blending/ securing seams
- Impressing texture
- Carving and piercing
Materials
Materials are not included in the workshop fee. All materials will be provided by the tutor. The approximate cost of these will be £ 30 payable to the tutor during the workshop.
Your tutor may not have the facilities to take card payments for materials in the workshops. Please remember to bring cash or your cheque book if your workshop involves buying materials from the tutor.
Students please bring with you:
- Sketchbook / Notebook & writing equipment
- Ruler
- Aprons
- Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty
We advise that you do not buy any materials required for a course more than two weeks in advance, because occasionally a course is cancelled due to low enrolment.