by Canberra Potters | 11, Feb, 2020
Glazing Basics: Two day workshop with Richilde Flavell
Dates and duration
Sunday 23 February and 1 March 2020.
Suitable for
- beginners who have done the Introductory course, or the Wheel Basics Weekend
- anyone who wishes to improve their glaze results.
The Workshop includes
- what is a glaze
- what happens in a cone 6 oxidation firing
- a variety of glaze application techniques and
- troubleshooting tips for problem glazes
- maximising your results with the Canberra Potters glazes.
Students will need to bring
About the convenor
Richilde is a Canberra based emerging artist working with ceramics. Material curiosity orientates Richilde’s practice: she is interested in using clay in a variety of ways to articulate and explore her surroundings. This process has resulted in experimental, gallery based projects, where ceramics are used in spatial installation informed by experience of the natural environment. Richilde also makes functional work under the name Girl Nomad Ceramics. https://girlnomadceramics.com/
As a teacher Richilde is especially interested in what the student wants from their time at Canberra Potters. Many people choose a pottery class to unwind and to do something tactile with their hands, others have a specific goal or project in mind. Richilde will facilitate a light hearted and exploratory class whatever a student’s aims.
Richilde received a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Ceramics) from the Australian National University in 2015. For her graduating work Richilde received several Emerging Artist Support Scheme (EASS) Awards, including the Craft ACT Exhibition award, the Strathnairn Arts Inaugural Anita McIntyre Exhibition and Residency award and the Canberra Potters’ Society Residency award.
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1 Aspinall Street Watson
Canberra Australia.
Phone
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02 6241 1670
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by Canberra Potters | 28, Dec, 2019
Clay Foundations: Throwing cylinders
Workshop with Maryke Henderson
Dates and duration
Tuesday 28 January, Wednesday 29 & Thursday 30 January.
Suitable for
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anyone who has completed the Wheel Basics class and can centre clay consistently.
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anyone who wants to make lighter, lovelier pots.
The Workshop includes
Materials and firing not included.
What you will learn
Maryke is an expert at helping participants to refine their technique and make much better pots.
In this workshop she will talk about, and demonstrate, the skills required for preparing clay for throwing, making a cylinder and pulling up to get even walls and increased height in your cylinders.
Maryke will take you through a series of structured exercises in order to help you understand the form of your pots. The focus will be on improving your techniques and critiquing the quality of your forms.
The cylinder is the basic shape for many functional forms; mugs, jugs, vase forms, jars, teapots etc. By concentrating on throwing cylinders you will address any inherent issues in your throwing technique.
About the convenor
Maryke taught for many years in educational establishments, workshops and from her own studio when she lived in the New England region of NSW. After many years of professional potting, Maryke moved to Canberra and undertook full-time studies at the ANU School of Art, graduating in 2005. She has been teaching at Canberra Potters since 2003. The surface and the ability to create a finish that speaks of layering and aging has always fascinated Maryke. In her own practice, most of Maryke’s work is thrown, manipulated, altered and assembled. Soda-firing, where soda is added to a kiln at high temperature to create a glaze, enhances her beautifully-made forms.
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by Canberra Potters | 28, Nov, 2019
Creating a collection
Workshop using coloured porcelain, carving, piercing and texturing with Anne Mossman
*Please note – This is not a workshop that teaches throwing or slip casting. If you wish to work in either of these methods you will need prior knowledge and/or to bring your own slip casting moulds. There will be a very limited number of slip casting moulds to experiment with in the workshop.
Dates and duration
A three day, hands-on workshop to develop a collection of vessels that incorporates nerikomi (coloured clay patterning), carving/piercing, and adding texture.
Suitable for
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*people with experience in their chosen making method ie. throwing, hand building or slip casting etc
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people wanting to explore working with coloured porcelain.
What you will learn
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colour porcelain (including making coloured canes and slips)
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use this coloured clays in your preferred making technique – throwing, hand building or slip casting
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incorporate colour inlays
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carve, drill and pierce using a dremel drill and scalpel
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use sprigging techniques and slip trailer
Every participant will get the opportunity to produce several vessels using the coloured patterns they have developed, along with the techniques described above to form the basis of a fabulous collection of vessels.
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by Canberra Potters | 28, Nov, 2019
Exploring Botanical Imagery
Workshop on ceramics with Dr Cathy Franzi
FULLY BOOKED.
Dates and duration
This course is run over two days.
Suitable for
everyone from the absolute beginner or passionate botanist to the experienced ceramicist and lover of flora.
The Workshop includes
Over two days Cathy will teach you a comprehensive range of techniques for creating botanical images on the clay surface including:
What you will learn
In this comprehensive course you will explore and practice various approaches to composition and mark making by integrating these techniques onto rolled slab tiles.
Cathy will encourage you to consider each botanical element in terms of its potential to create design motifs and stories in the vessels you want to create.
At the end of the course you will have several examples of ways to integrate botanical imagery into your surface designs that you can take home, fire and keep for future reference.
This is a unique opportunity to learn and develop your skills with a highly skilled ceramic artist who specialises in bringing awareness to Australian flora in her work.
About the convenor
Dr Cathy Franzi is an artist interested in representing Australian flora and the environments they inhabit in the ceramic medium. Her work is underpinned by research in the botanical sciences, natural history collections and fieldwork on location. She is currently in the exhibition ‘Art of Threatened Species’ at the Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo. For this project she worked closely with a Senior Threatened Species Officer to investigate three orchid species in south western NSW. Cathy is an experienced tutor, teaching at the ANU, in community arts and workshops nationally. Her work is held in numerous public collections and she is represented by Sabbia Gallery in Sydney and Beaver Galleries in Canberra.
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by Canberra Potters | 28, Nov, 2019
Making teapots on the wheel: Three day workshop with Chris Harford
Strange how a teapot
Can represent at the same time
The comforts of solitude
And the pleasures of company.
Zen Haiku
‘One of the best pottery classes I’ve attended. Well paced and so informative’.
Dates and duration
3 day wheelthrowing course.
Saturday 7 March, Sunday 8 & Monday 9 March 2020 (Canberra Day Long Weekend).
Suitable for
Intermediate to advanced throwers (minimum skill level is to be able centre and pull up a cylinder without assistance).
The Workshop includes
Making a teapot is one of those landmark moments in learning pottery. Teapots are an exercise in learning about three dimensional design. Consideration of function, form, aesthetics and proportion are all vital to success of the final teapot. Join Chris Harford at Canberra Potters for three days of throwing bodies, spouts, lids, knobs and handles on the pottery wheel as he takes you through the process of making a teapot, and helps you create your own unique design.
What you will learn
Skillsets that will be a focus of this course:
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the elements of teapot design
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designing functional shapes
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throwing spouts
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making lids and galleries
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making handles
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trimming
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fitting and assembling thrown pieces
Day 1
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Discussion on form and function of the teapot and what to look at when
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designing a teapot
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The day will then be spent throwing the bodies and lids
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Ongoing demonstration and discussion throughout the day.
Day 2
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Trimming of bodies and lids.
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Fitting of lids.
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Preparation on body to receive the spout
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Discussion on spouts and handles
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Demonstration of throwing spouts, pulling spouts, pulling and hand making handles.
Day 3
Students can expect to work on 2 or 3 teapots over the course.
Students will need to bring
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Your pottery toolkit
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Batts if you work on batts. We have some that can be used in the workshop.
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Plastic bags or similar (dry cleaning bags are good, they’re soft and light)
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Camera/Smart Phone and notebook/art journal
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Chris recommends you make a collection of pictures and drawings of teapot designs that interest you in your art journal to bring to the workshop.
We stock a range of clays and tools for purchase. Please contact us if you need advice.
About the teacher
Chris has been a professional potter for more than 30 years, establishing Spinning Gum Pottery in the ACT in 1996. He works in stoneware and porcelain clays and consistently wins awards for his tableware and teapots, most notably eight winning entries in major teapot shows since 2004.
His work is represented in public and private collections in Australia and overseas and he has conducted more than 40 workshops and lectures in Australia, the UK, Ireland and New Zealand.
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1 Aspinall Street Watson
Canberra Australia.
Phone
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02 6241 1670
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