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Pottery
Classes:
PRIOR BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL FOR ALL CLASSES & WORKSHOPS. CLASSES RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUMMER! (All workshops & classes are suitable for beginners and improvers.) See below for full details on weekly classes. Workshops run once a month, click here for dates.
2010
Weekly Class Schedule
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The
next ceramic weekend workshop
on will be on the 18th & 19th September 2010. This months
topic
is Mixed Media in Ceramics. Suitable
for all levels.
Please contact me to book your place. **
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| Fiona
Hannon putting the
final touches to her slab built lamp, while it is leather hard. |
The
finished lamp by Fiona
Hannon, decorated in a Cobalt Matt glaze. |
| Over head shot of the studio during a Mixed Media Workshop. | Where
there's
life there's hope...by Roisin Ni Dhushlaine. After using bird seeds (mixed media) to create texture in a piece she opened the bag after a few weeks to discover the seeds had grow! After cutting the grass the piece was completed and ended up as a beautiful lamp. |
A Mixed Media collage piece before firing. |
| Mixed Media in Ceramics - This exciting workshop explored the use of combustible materials such as paper, wood, textiles, grains, seeds & plaster as well as non-combustibles like metal, wire and glass. | JULY09 |
| Liquid Paper Clay Workshop - Paper Clay is a dynamic clay medium to work with as it allows a lot more freedom than conventional clay. Using both liquid and plastic clay to achieve dramatic results. By experimenting with liquid paper clay & incorporating it with traditional construction methods lead to interesting forms! Suitable for beginners and improvers | JUNE09 |
| Paper Clay Hand building Workshop - Paper Clay is a dynamic clay medium to work with as it allows a lot more freedom than conventional clay. We learned how to make our own paper clay and about its properties as a clay body. We then worked on individual projects using paper clay. Suitable for beginners and improvers | JAN 10 |
| Plaster/Mould Making Workshop - click here for photos from a Plaster Workshop. Learn how to use fine casting plaster to make press moulds, using either the 'frosting' or pouring method. Suitable for beginners & improvers. | APR 09 |
| Glazing and Decorating Techniques - Learn all about glazing. What is a glaze? What are glazes materials derived from? Make sample glaze receipes and understand how the ingredients work together. What is the effect of high temperatures on glazes and clay? By understanding the background to glazes it has helped many students be better glazers! Glaze application - iron out your problems in applying glaze to your pieces. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | SEPT09 |
| Modelling The Human Figure - A step by step guide to modelling the human figure in clay. Click here for photos from last figurative workshop. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | MAR 09 |
| Ceramic Sculpture Inspired by Animals. With inspiration from the animal kingdom both on land and sea and taking it step-by-step, we will explore an animal of your choice through the medium of clay. Your approach can be abstracted or representational. Click here to see some animal sculptures students have previously made. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | Apr 10 |
| Decorating Techniques in Clay. Techniques such as Resists (Chilac,Wax, Paper, Latex), Decorating Slips (Slip trailing, Marbling, Stencilling, Spotting, Feathering, Sponging), Sprigging, Inlaying, Scoring/Mark Making, Combing, Sgraffito, Carving, Cutting, Impressing, Piercing, Burnishing, Stretching clay, mono-printing. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | 2008 May/June '10 |
| 3 Day Summer Sculpture Workshop (Intermediate to advanced level) Feel the fear and do it anyway in clay! 3 day intensive course, each student created a sculpture from off-cuts of clay which was inspired by a natural form. A challenging workshop but very worthwhile. We also looked at current professional ceramic practices and the creative process from concept to finished. Demonstrations also featured on glazing & coiling. Congrats to Margaret on her Heron, Siobhain on her flying Swan, Margaret D on her Seascape, Helen & Helena on their Rocky Mountains and to Annie on her Mushroom. We had a lot of fun! | June 08 |
| 2 Day Beginners Summer Workshop - An intensive course aimed at beginners to clay. We learned all the basic construction methods like Press Moulds, Coiling, Soft Slabbing & Slab Building. We also learned about slips, glazes and various other decorating methods. We also introduced you to current professional ceramic practices and the creative process from concept to finished form. | July 08 |
| Water Features in Ceramic - Suitable for beginners and improvers | 2008 |
| Reinventing the Teapot - Not all houses are square and not all teapots are round! In this hand building workshop we took a fresh look at the humble Teapot and came up some new designs and ideas. Everyone created their own unique functional Teapot. Some absolutely stunning teapots were created at this workshop. | NOV 08 |
| Reinventing the Cup - Hand building workshop. Series of 'Reinventing Workshops'. Suitable for Beginners and Improvers. | DEC 08 |
| Reinventing the Jug - Hand building workshop. Series of 'Reinventing Workshops'. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | mar'10 |
| Reinventing the Bowl - Following the success of 2008 series of 'Reinventing Workshops', this time we tackled the bowl. If the reinventing of the teapot is anything to go by the results will be stunning. Not all houses are square and not all vases are round! In this hand building workshop we took a fresh look at the humble bowl and came up some new designs and ideas. Everyone reated their own unique bowl. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | NOV 09 |
| Reinventing the Vase - Once again thinking outside the box we took a new look at designing your own unique vase. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | DEC 09 |
| Coil Built Sculpture Workshop. In this workshop we created an object which was sculptural in nature using coiling as a method of construction. Suitable for beginners and improvers. [Coiling - In this technique, pottery is formed out of sausage-like lengths of clay. The piece is built up in layers of coils into the required shape and height. Coiling has been a principle method in pottery making since ancient times.] | OCT 09 |
| Hand Building Pottery Workshop. Suitable for beginners and improvers. | FEB 09 |
Or are you interested in learning about Paper Clay, the use of mixed media, mould making, glazing or a particular hand building technique?
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| Celine Charousset working on a sculpture constructed in Paper Clay at a workshop. | Celine's finished piece after glazing. |
For further details please call Michelle:
| Esti
Cubillo working on her coil built piece at the leather hard
stage. |
Esti working
on
her piece after the bisque firing &the glaze had been
applied. |
The
final piece after
being glaze fired
to 1260 C degrees in a red reactive glaze. |
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| Horse Modelled by Cathy Cooper. | Penguin modelled by Siobhan Kelly. | Hen coil built by Margaret Dickson. |
| Fish light feature by Emily O'Byrne | Henrietta Heron sculpted by Margaret Dickson. | Swan sculpted by Siobhan Kelly. |
| Coil Built Sculpture with glass detail by Elena Annunziata. | Slab built Bird House by Deborah Moon. | Slab built Table lamp by Margaret Dickon |
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| Modelled Fairy by Aoife Crowe. | Bird Bath and stand by Maeve Toner. | Slab Built planter by Elena Annunziata. |
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| Detail from coil built & modelled pot by Deborah Moon. | Modelled "Harry Potter" figure by Sean Crowley | Orb Planter by Mary O'Neill. |
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| Soft-slabbed
piece,
slipped and glazed by Ed McDaid. |
Sculptural Candle Holder by Yvette Yates. | Window
Box by Maeve Toner. |
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| Bowl
decorated with
reactive
glaze by Linda Finn. |
Lamp
base slipped and
glazed by Linda Finn.
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Garden
Ornament slipped
and
glazed by Deirdre MacMackin. |
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| Press-moulded
Garden
Ornaments by Christine McMahon. |
Slab-built
flower pot by Deirdre McMackin. |
Bowl
decorated in reactive glaze by Kelly Meegan. |
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| Wall Clock by Fiona Hannon. | Wall clock by Grainne O'Keeffe. | Soup vessel slipped and glazed by Maria Lawlor. | |
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| Slab-built Bird Box by Rosemary Duff | Water Feature by Rosemary Duff. | Slipped & Glazed Bowl by Linda Finn. | |
| Slipped and glazed bowl by Deirdre Earle. | Coil built sculpture by Esti Cubillo. | Slab built flower pot by Deirdre McMackin. | |
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| Slipped & glazed bowl by Kelly Meegan. | Slipped and glazed bowl by Ed McDaid. |
Goblet
by Laura Farrell
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jug
& bowl by
Grainne O'Keeffe.
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| Slab-built Vase by Rachel O'Keeffe. | Slipped and glazed bowl by Esti Cubillo. |
Slipped
and glazed bowl
by Deborah Moon.
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| Coil
built sculpture by Ed McDaid. |
Soft
slabbed vessel by Christine McMahon with glass inserts. |
Candle
holder, slipped and glazed by Deirdre Earle. |
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| Coiled vase by Deirdre Earle. | Slab
built water feature by Deborah Moon. |
Paper clay candle holder by Katy Lynn. | |
| Boot
modeled by Maria Lawlor
, decorated with slip & an oxide wash . |
Wall
piece slipped and glazed by Deborah Moon. |
Soft
slabbed vessel, slipped and glazed by Maria Lawlor. |
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| Slab built lidded box by Fiona Brophy. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Celine Charousset. | Vessel slipped & glazed by Rachel O'Keeffe. | |
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| Chinese
incense burner carved, slipped and glazed by Deborah Moon. |
Two
piece vessel slipped & glazed by Celine Charousset. |
Bowl slipped and glazed by Fiona Brophy. | |
| Coiled vessel slipped & glazed by Kate Lynn. | Bowl slipped & glazed by Emily Degrae. | Lamp base slipped & glazed by Rachel O'Keeffe. | |
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| Tree sculpture modelled by Ed McDaid. | Paper Clay Sculpture by Celine Charousset | Paper Clay Sculpture by Fiona Brophy. | |
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| Paper Clay Vessel by Deirdre Earle. | Slipped & Glazed bowl by Aine Kane. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Veronica Smart. | |
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| Coiled Vase by Veronica Smart. | Candle Holder wih glass inserts by Deirdre Earle. | Incense stick holders by Fiona Brophy. | |
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| Umbrella stand by Maria Lawlor. | Paper clay vessel by Deborah Moon. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Emma Hussey. | |
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| Slipped & glazed bowl by Michelle D'Alton. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Carol McGinty. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Joe. | |
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| Slipped & glazed bowl by Bernie Price. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Catherine McGuinness. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Martine Nash. | |
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| Slipped & glazed bowl by Aoife Kelly. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Ger Egan. | Slipped & glazed bowl by Louise Donegan. | |
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| Seed pod modelled by Maeve Toner. | Japaneve vase coil built by Maeve Toner. | Coil built sculpture by Fiona Brophy. | |
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| Tea pot by Celine Charousset. | Bowl slipped & glazed by Paula Guzzanti. | Coil built - carved sculpture by Deborah Moon. |
Castleknock Dublin 15
01-6405614 and 087-2047695
michelle@ceramicforms.com