CLASS (MAY 21st), decorative tile. 7-9pm

Design & create on a hand-made tile using a combination of traditional & historic pottery techniques and studio grade stoneware, stains and tools. Draft, paint, carve with the sgrafitto method. Your work will be fully fired and glazed and ready to collect three to four weeks later. Don’t worry about inspiration, I'll have image references & resources to hand.

Either join the class that is running or set up your own (see drop down to book)

📍My pottery studio, SE18 (Thames-Side, full address to be given)

🗓️ Your date & time, to be agreed, or join a class that is already running which is cheaper.

💠 Introduction:

We will quickly look at tile surface decoration methods and how we are using some of these ideas in this session. You will each work on a 15cm sq handmade stoneware tile, dried & stiffened to 'leather hard' but unfired.

💠 Designs

I will have lots of image and also templates to help to inspire design & layout or use your own motifs & symbols to free style / use your own image references. You'll create a sketched plan that can be traced across to your tile. A sheet outlining any preparation work you may like to do ahead on this will be sent with your order.

💠 Colour

You'll paint underglaze stains into your traced design to create surface colour which will become brighter as it is fired.

💠 Line work

You'll score line work over or through your painted images and into the clay. This will be washed with a black stain after first firing but before glazing, creating fine black line work to your design.

💠 I'll prepare your work for the bisque (first) kiln fire. A black stain wash will then pick out the line work before clear glazing and firing which will brighten the colours.

💠 The price is per person & includes

-two hour workshop

-all materials

-kiln preparations

-glazing & firing.

💠 This is generally a stood workshop, I have a few stools but please flag if you require a more sat space so I can set up ahead of time.

💠 I am fully DBS checked & certified & public liability insured. Please let me know of any learner requirements I can help with. The studio is level access and includes a toilet.