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...
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Ceramic Totems: Fun Forms and Cascading Colours | Three Part Workshop | Lisa Hölzl
Make your child’s next birthday party fun and arty! A birthday party at Art Est. is hands-on and every child creates a masterpiece based on the chosen theme. Choose from a range of engaging and entertaining art making, such as printmaking, painting, ceramics or cartooning. How it works The art parties are held in our inspiring warehouse art studios and gallery, so children feel like real artists from the moment they arrive. The art making takes places in the Ceramic Studio where...
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Join well-known ceramicist Ilona Bruckard to make a beautiful nature-inspired ceramic wall piece in this unique hand-building class. Ilona’s ceramics practice centres around organic forms inspired by nature, the Australian landscape — particularly the ocean. In this two-part workshop she will inspire and teach you how to create your own hand-crafted ceramic sculpture. No experience necessary! With her expertise, Ilona will help you plan and realise your ideas. What to expect...
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Join well-known ceramicist Clare Unger in this unique hand-building class. You will create a handmade cup and spoon that reflects your own personal story through textiles and texture. Clare’s current work is inspired by an inherited collection of textiles, which she began stitching and looking for ways to incorporate into her ceramics practice. Her desire to tell her personal stories and connect with others through shared memories is a powerful driver in the making of her work. ...
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Create your own piece of whimsy using hand-building techniques in the fun ceramics workshop with Myf Gullifer. Learn tips and tricks from Myf to add character, visual interest, texture, and meaning to your pieces. This is a one-off opportunity to work with this highly acclaimed artist whose work is met with rave reviews from public and critics alike. Colourful, joyous and abundant, Walcha-based artist Myfanwy Gullifer’s ceramic sculptures are inspired by everyday objects and her...
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In this beginner’s class, you will learn the basic Kurinuki carving technique and get to make one to two pieces using a single block of clay and carving tools. Kurinuki simply means “to hollow” in Japanese. Using a solid block of clay, you will learn how to hollow, carve and make a vessel in a slow, meditative and spontaneous way and get to produce a very unique style vessel that can never be repeated. You will be guided step by step how to shape the form by cutting and slicing the...
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Learn exciting glazing techniques to create beautifully finished ceramics. This class is an introduction to glazing and learn how to glaze your work using different glazing techniques such as bubbling, dipping, pouring or dripping. What to expect A complete pot or two. After the glazing class, we will fire the pots for you to collect in one to two weeks. Once the pots are glazed fired, your pieces will be food safe, dishwasher and microwave safe. We will supply the glazes,...
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Join sculptural ceramicist Stephanie Phillips over 2 days to create an architectural style geometric sculpture or sculptural vase. Learn some great coiling method tricks along the way. Some basic experience is recommended for this workshop. Stephanie’s ceramic work is bold, textural, architectural, and always sculptural. She playfully manipulates negative space in and around each piece, making forms that are abstract and jaunty while at the same time monumental. Texture is vital...
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Join the incredible artist and ceramicist Niharika Hukku to learn to paint onto bisque-fired and clay surfaces. Your work will be fired to make beautiful food safe ceramics. No experience necessary! Niharika is known for her exquisite illustrative designs painted onto ceramics. From flowers and fish, to birds and botanicals - her works gives a new reality to hand built and decorated ceramics. Visit Niharika's Instagram for inspiration. What to expect This is a two-part...
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Join artist and ceramicist Carol Hudson in this unique hand-building class. You will create a sculpture or functional vessel inspired by marine environments. No experience necessary! What to expect: This is a two-part workshop held over two consecutive days. Your tutor, Carol Hudson, will help make your experience productive, rewarding and enjoyable. Day 1 : 11am – 2.30pm (3 hrs + ½ hr for lunch) Morning session research, drawing and planning of work Afternoon session...
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