Ceramic Totems: Fun Forms and Cascading Colours | Three Part Workshop | Lisa Hölzl
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<p>In this fun hand-building class you will create and decorate a totem based around a theme of interest to you. Perhaps botanical,
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In this fun hand-building class you will create and decorate a totem based around a theme of interest to you. Perhaps botanical, magical or even abstract. No experience necessary! With her expertise, Lisa will help you plan and realise your ideas. Each participant will make a 60-80cm high ceramic totem for the house or garden. This is a great series of three workshop sessions introducing basic hand-building and glazing techniques, as well as composition and design. Bring along your sketches and ideas for what you would ike to make, and Lisa will help make this a reality! Beginners should keep their designs simple forms, while more experienced ceramicists who will work faster, can go to town with their own quirky or more complex designs.
What to expect
This is a three part workshop held over a few dates. Your tutor, Lisa Holzl , is here to make your experience easy and fun.
Day 1 - Sunday June 2: 10am-3pm: Planning and Sketching Totem Elements
Day 2 - Sunday June 16: 10am-3pm: Colour Composition and Painterly Under Glazing
Day 3 - Sunday June 30: 4pm -6pm: Assemble and Celebrate with a glass of bubbly
What will you achieve?
During this workshop, you will:
- Create a beautiful 60-80cm high ceramic totem for home or garden
- Learn Lisa's professional tips and tricks for working with clay.
- Learn about glazing and surface decoration techniques.
- Learn from the best — Lisa Hölzl is a Sydney-based artist who loves sharing her passion for ceramics and painting. Lisa has a vibrant ceramics practice at her studio in Marrickville and has exhibited at the Royal Botanical Gardens Sydney, Les Sculptures Refusées, Gallery Lowe and Lee, CBD Gallery and many more.
Is this course right for me?
This is a class for all levels. No prior experience required.
Material list
- All materials are supplied for this workshop including the pole and wooden stand, clay and glazes. Fee also includes bisque and glaze firings.
About studio classes
Our class sizes are small, ensuring you receive the individual tuition you need. We have a maximum of 12 students per class.
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Course testimonials:
- Lisa Holzl was a fantastic instuctor in the Ceramic Totem Workshop. The class had a variety of skills levels from the experienced potter who wanted a day of fun to the never used clay before beginner. Each student felt valued and instructions given as group and individually. Highly recommend the three part workshop. It was amazing to see the different ideas and completion of everyones totem pole. The totem pole takes pride of place in my garden.
- Such a great workshop. We were shown simple ways to make the elements for the totem and could add our own style and colours to the finished work. Enjoyed assembling the final artwork and deciding which pieces ended up where. A bit of extra guidance from Lisa to add just one more piece to make it pop. Great studio. Excellent workshop format. Brilliant tutor. Thanks Art Est!