February Half Term Workshop

MONDAY 17th & TUESDAY 18th FEBRUARY
9:30AM -1:30PM

Fran and Faye invite young artists (ages 5-11) to create their own nature trinket box. With guidance and plenty of fun, drawing inspiration from natural forms of Rochester Square garden, the children will craft and decorate a personalized pot and lid over two mornings.

Workshop schedule:

Day 1

• 9.30 - 10:00am
  Sign in, start them with drawing. Talk about some examples spread out on the table (printouts, books and drawings)
  

• 10:30 - 10.15am
  Going through some techniques that could transfer onto pottery – modelling scarfitto, stencil, stamps, relief (alphabetti spaghetti!)
  

• 10.15- 10.45am
  Slab rolling and template cutting
  

• 10.45 -11am
  Meet the chickens/break time
  

• 11am-12pm
  Slab building
  

• 12 -12.30pm
  Lunch
  

• 12.30-1.30 pm
  Clay games and cleaning

Day 2

• 9.30-10:00 am
  Sign in and drawing
  

• 10-10.30am
  Lid modelling
  

• 10.30-10.45am
  Meet the chickens and break time
  

• 10.45am-12pm
  Constructing boxes
  

• 12-12.30pm
  Lunch
  

• 12.30-1.30pm
  Decorating boxes with slip/clear up
  

Outcomes: Trinket box with scrafitto / natural markings / relief print.
Learnings: Slab rolling and building, mark making, relief printing, model making

Frances Gibson is London based ceramicist and illustrator.
www.francesgibsonart.com

Faye Macaree is a creative facilitator and practitioner.

Minimum class size is 6 people, if we don’t reach a minimum number of participants we will cancel the class and issue a full refund. Unfortunately, we cannot refund classes with less than a 2-week notice. All our teachers have been DBS checked.