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Mon, Mar 09
|Jack’s Magazine
HAND-BUILDING in CLAY
A flexible five-week course for beginners. Choose all five for a comprehensive foundation to hand-building, or select classes to build your own skill-set.
Time & Location
Mar 09, 2020, 6:00 PM – Mar 30, 2020, 8:00 PM
Jack’s Magazine, B.240, via Magazine Way, Maribyrnong VIC 3032, Australia
About The Event
Learn clay hand-building techniques in a relaxed studio environment. Over 5 weeks you will learn about clay types and applications, methods of forming including pinching, coiling, slab-building and kurinuki (carving) - to create a series of objects that are fired and functional. Suitable for beginners or those looking to develop their skills. Starts Monday and runs weekly from 6-8pm. This course is available in a flexible format - choose one technique or all five!
Week 1 : Pinch
Week 2 : Coil
Week 3 : Kurinuki (carve)
Week 4 : Slab
Week 5 : Glaze + Fire
Note: work from weeks 1-4 will be bisque fired in preparation for glazing in week 5
BYO towel/apron
About the tutor:
Sachiko Mardon discovered the medium of ceramics (via mould-making and slip-casting) while studying for a Bachelor of Industrial Design (Hons. RMIT), and later completed a Master of Fine Arts (Ceramics: UTAS). She recently established Piecework Projects studio at Jack’s Magazine, offering makers space to develop their ceramics practice at all levels. Sachiko also teaches hand-building at the Incinerator Gallery and Connie Lichti Ceramics.
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Week 2 : COIL
A$65.00
Date: 9 March 2020 Time: Monday 6-8pm COIL: Coils can be hand formed or extruded, and the technique of coiling lends itself to making (infinitely) larger objects!
A$65.00
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Week 3 : KURINUKI
A$65.00
Date: 16 March 2020 Time: Monday 6-8pm KURINUKI: Kurinuki is a technique where an object is carved from a solid block of clay. It differs from other techniques as it is reductive rather than additive.
A$65.00
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Week 4 : SLAB
A$65.00
Date: 23 March 2020 Time: Monday 6-8pm SLAB: Slabs are rolled sheets of clay, which can then be cut to size and constructed into 3-dimensional objects. Learn about soft-slabs, hard-slabs and their various applications. This is a great technique to introduce texture!
A$65.00
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Week 5 : GLAZE + FIRE
A$65.00
Date: 30 March 2020 Time: Monday 6-8pm GLAZE + FIRE: Work completed in previous weeks will be bisque fired and ready for glazing. In this class you will learn application techniques, preparing your pieces for firing, and a brief intro to kilns and loading. This step is essential to complete the process and make your pieces functional!
A$65.00
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