Tiles and Triptychs in porcelain

Contact

Organizer: Quirky Workshops Art, Craft and Heritage Skill Courses

Name: Greystoke Craft Garden and Barns

Phone: 01768 483984

Email: [email protected]

Website: http://www.greystokecyclecafe.co.uk/workshops2.htm#rakuDN

Address

Greystoke
Penrith
CA11 0UT

Price Notes

£75 incl a lovely Aga lunch, hot refreshments and home baking. You will start with a porcelain slab suitable for coaster size 6 tiles of coaster size and to include the usual firing which will be £10 payable to Gwen. Further porcelain will be available at cost pro rata.

Direction

Just 8 mins west of M6 J40, off the A66 towards Keswick.

Details

A day with Gwen Bainbridge - a very talented ceramics artist creating textured tiles of sizes to suit your need. Whether to be incorporated in a kitchen wall setting, combined as a Triptych or simply to use as single tile decorations or coaster is your choice.There are multiple uses.

Designs and shapes can be drawn freehand, layered, pressed and imprinted. Cutters could also be used. Gwen will bring a selection, but do bring your own special shape cutters if you have a particular interest or need (bicycles etc). If you would like to incorporate pressed flowers and leaves shapes & patterns into your tile these work best when dried and flat. Once you decide you wish to come on this course pick and press your flowers and bring carefully on the day within the book. Lavender and daisy, ivy leaves, wild strawberry, small leaved geranium all work well.

Colours and definitions may be applied using the same techniques as the Bud Vases course above. Ideas for triptychs (a picture on three panels) are limitless : seasons, flowers, leaves, childrens’ book characters, animals, birds, numbers, stories etc etc. You could even pre- prepare some lino cut panels to use as a porcelain template and bring these along if required.

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