Ceramics workshop with Mags Gray Ceramics from HAAN Short Course
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2023-09-18 | 2023-05-05 |
Program Overview
This workshop is an introduction to hand building with clay. During the weekend you will learn up to four different hand building techniques. Using the skills learnt you will build a final piece which can be bisque fired using the kiln in our ceramics workshop.
Program Outline
Throughout the workshop, you will be taught basic skills such as wedging clay, forming a thumb pot, a coil pot and a slump pot. Whilst gaining an understanding of why clay is wedged, you will also be taught how to apply texture and be introduced to the use of coloured slips.
In addition to this, you will learn the process of rolling and cutting slabs of clay along with the basic skills required to form a 5-sided slab pot. Selecting one of the skills learnt, you will build a final piece to which you can add texture and/or colour using the coloured slips introduced.
Your final piece can then be bisque fired using the kiln located in our purpose-built ceramics workshop. When its ready, your own hand-built piece can be collected at a later date.
Disclaimer
The University regularly reviews its courses. Course content and structure may change over time. See our
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for more information.Learning Methods
This course will be delivered on campus over Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 - 16:30 each day.
Activity Summary
Assessment
This course is not formally assessed.
Staff Delivering on this Course
Mags Gray
Artist Mags Gray hand builds her work and takes inspiration from new sources each year.
Based at Deemouth Artist Studios in Aberdeen, the work of Mags Gray Ceramics includes creating both contemporary and functional pieces that involve quirky surface designs. The artist also creates social and political statement pieces that ultimately reflect hard hitting narratives whilst retaining an aesthetically pleasing quality. Her aim being to create pieces which primarily attract the viewer then demand consideration for the subject matter.
Mags Gray
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