PUBLIC WORKSHOPS

Clay OK run ongoing drop-in workshops for all ages and also one-off workshops for adults. See details below:


CLAY OK TASTER SESSIONS @ Z-Arts, Hulme:
10.30am-12.30pm (next session, Saturday 2nd March, 2013)
£5
All ages and abilities welcome!
Each session is themed, and you will be shown the techniques of making a clay artwork; past workshops have included face pots, plates, animal sculptures, figures.
At the end of each session you can take your clay creation home with you, or we can fire your piece in a pottery kiln to collect at a later date for a small extra charge.


CERAMIC JAR MAKING @ Z Arts, Hulme:
1pm-4pm (next session, Saturday 20th April, 2013)
£25 (includes all materials, firing and glazing)
ages 16+

In this 3-hour workshop you will learn how to make a hollow form by joining pinch-pots together, and then paddling it into a basic shape.You will have the opportunity to develop this into a lidded ceramic jar, following one of the Clay example designs or coming up with your own jar idea. Then you can apply painted decoration using a range of underglaze colours.
Once dried out, your clay creation will be bisque fired, glaze fired, and ready to be collected from Z Arts after 3 weeks.

please email clayokuk@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place as numbers are limited.












CERAMIC JEWELLERY MAKING @ Manchester Museum:
2-day course, Sun 9th June and Sunday 16th June, 11.30am - 3.30pm
Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, Manchester
£35 for 2-day course. Ages 16+
further information and bookings here

Come and be inspired by the Museum's collection of ancient Egyptian jewellery, and join Clay OK to learn how to make your own porcelain jewellery. In the first session you will learn how to make your own plaster stamps for relief-decoration, and you will produce a series of porcelain pendants and beads. These will be bisque fired afterwards and in the second session you will learn how to apply glazes and colours to your jewellery pieces. Your ceramic pendants and beads will be glaze-fired following the second session and ready for you to collect from the museum after 3 weeks. Numbers are limited so advanced booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.