workshops

I had my first one day workshop on friday. We were making dishes from one slab of clay. Templates were first designed in paper, and then sheets of clay were decorated with slips, cut to the pattern of the template, folded around and re-joined to make a dish shape.

The finished fish dish! This just needs to be bisque fired and a clear glaze added.

Patterns were painted on and then scratched into using pins. Areas were also textured.

As well as all the hard work, we all had fun and managed to drink a lot of cups of tea.