A really nice bunch of students came to our Creative with Clay Coiling & Botanicals workshop at the Haddenham Arts Centre.
The morning was spent creating pots using the technique of coiling - a really therapeutic and absorbing method for creating beautiful vessels -, and after lunch I taught the group how to make fabulous vases using pressed-in botanical elements, pressing in wooden stamps, applying and using "sprigs", and letting their creative juices run wild!
Simon and I then carefully (despite the Fen roads!) transported all the pieces back to our Blended Monkey studios in Upwell where everything will now dry slowly and thoroughly before undergoing the first "biscuit" firing. I'll then glaze everyone's pieces in the colours they have chosen. All the creations will then be fired in a high-fired glaze firing (1250°C).
In addition to our various 1-2-1 and pairs woodturning & pottery experiences held in our Blended Monkey studios, we have a number of group workshops at the Haddenham Arts Centre and the Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey throughout the year.
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