Design a Sgraffito Pot with Jen - Wednesday 7 May
Wednesday 7 May, 6pm, upstairs at Caerbladon
Jennifer Richardson will provide one of her hand-thrown pots ready for you to carve your own design. You'll be supported to try out your design on a tile first, then move on to the pot. Jen will provide some ideas and you can see examples of her work in our gallery, or bring your own ideas and imagination..
Sgraffito carving is applied when the pot is still damp clay, towards the end of its drying process, whilst it retains softness and pliability. At the end of the session your pot will be taken away for its final firing and a date agreed for collection at Caerbladon.
Workshop fee £55 includes all materials and a Jennifer Richardson pot to take home.
6pm - 9pm
Wednesday 7 May, 6pm, upstairs at Caerbladon
Jennifer Richardson will provide one of her hand-thrown pots ready for you to carve your own design. You'll be supported to try out your design on a tile first, then move on to the pot. Jen will provide some ideas and you can see examples of her work in our gallery, or bring your own ideas and imagination..
Sgraffito carving is applied when the pot is still damp clay, towards the end of its drying process, whilst it retains softness and pliability. At the end of the session your pot will be taken away for its final firing and a date agreed for collection at Caerbladon.
Workshop fee £55 includes all materials and a Jennifer Richardson pot to take home.
6pm - 9pm
Wednesday 7 May, 6pm, upstairs at Caerbladon
Jennifer Richardson will provide one of her hand-thrown pots ready for you to carve your own design. You'll be supported to try out your design on a tile first, then move on to the pot. Jen will provide some ideas and you can see examples of her work in our gallery, or bring your own ideas and imagination..
Sgraffito carving is applied when the pot is still damp clay, towards the end of its drying process, whilst it retains softness and pliability. At the end of the session your pot will be taken away for its final firing and a date agreed for collection at Caerbladon.
Workshop fee £55 includes all materials and a Jennifer Richardson pot to take home.
6pm - 9pm
Jennifer Richardson is a ceramicist living and working in Malmesbury.
Her focus is on handcrafting tableware that is both functional and beautiful. Working with Staffordshire Stoneware, Jennifer’s work is thrown on a potter’s wheel and then fired twice, the second firing to achieve the colourful glaze finishes in the blue, green and white hues she favours. Jennifer’s pottery journey began five years ago, and she quickly found the process of handling, throwing and turning clay to be both calming and meditative.
Jennifer loves to explore new shapes and styles, with her work being influenced by nature and travels. Her current ‘furrow’ mug in moss green is a personal favourite and she has now extended this to an ‘ocean’ colourway and has plans for co-ordinating jugs and sugar bowls this spring. In parallel she loves to craft complementary sgraffito pieces with botanical and nature inspired patterns. This technique requires the application of a layer of coloured slip (liquid clay) that is then intricately carved to reveal the base clay below. Fired with a transparent glaze to bring out the rich colours and give a gloss finish, each piece is unique and drawn from the imagination.
