Buttons, Bud Vases and Tea Lights in porcelain with Gwen Bainbridge

Contact

Organizer: Quirky Workshops

Name: Greystoke Craft Garden

Phone: 017684 83984

Email: annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

Website: http://www.quirkyworkshops.co.uk/workshops.htm

Address

Greystoke
Penrith
CA11 0UT

Price Notes

£75 Lunch included Material Charges from approx £10

Direction

Details

Create lovely Bud vases, night lights, even buttons - in exquisitely patterned & textured Porcelain

Much of Gwen's work is defined by the unique incorporation of textile pattern into her porcelain, making her work so unique and admired.

Gwen will start the day by introducing you to porcelain clay, a beautiful material to work with; you are able to make quite fine pots as a complete beginner. You will learn how to roll the clay to a use-able thickness, then roll lace patterns of your choice into the clay. Once leather hard you will construct a slab pot, which may be a vase, or tea light. These pots may then be further embellished with clay buttons or lace, all of which Gwen will skillfully show you how to do. A coloured slip may be added at this stage to show up the texture in the lace patterns. Scraps of embellished clay may be made into buttons or jewellery.

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