Coil and Throw and Coloured Slip Decoration Hands on Workshop
Coil and Throw: Throwing a Large Vessel combined with Resist Decoration using Coloured Slips and Oxides
Join us at Warrandyte Pottery for a 4 day intensive workshop with incredible artist Bernard Kerr.
This workshop will enable participants to observe and participate in using the Coil and Throw method of throwing a large pot. Suitable clay bodies will be discussed and the method will be demonstrated and explained step by step. The workshop will also cover how to use oxides and stains to make coloured slips and use a range of resist and sgraffito techniques to decorate ceramics at the leather-hard stage.
Payment plans available. Please reach out to studio@warrandytepottery.com.au to arrange a payment plan that works for you.
When?
August 10th - August 13th
9am - 4pm
What’s included?
Four full days of tuition (9am - 4pm)
Catered Dinner event on the Friday evening
All Workshop Materials including clay, slips, oxides and colourants
Morning & afternoon tea each day
Techniques you'll learn from Bernard:
Knowledge and understanding of the elements of the ceramics, including specialized language, concepts and processes
Acquisition of skills and techniques of ceramics based in throwing skills and making large coherent forms
Application of skills and techniques to create ceramic objects that are aesthetic and pleasant to use
Create their own coloured slips using both ceramic stains and oxides
To develop knowledge and skills specific to the discipline of ceramics, specifically the ‘Coil and Throw’ technique
To deepen their understanding of the relationship between form surface and decoration
Blending Clay bodies
Throwing the base: drag and gravity
Using the gas torch or heat gun
Extruding coils
Attaching coils
Throwing up and down: joining the coil
Using ribs and steel kidneys to develop the form
Using the ‘Throwmaster” (Bela’s Wheels)
Adding coils and managing moisture
Prerequisites
This is an advanced learning experience and for participants to get the most out of the Intensives, a minimum of 2 years of ceramic experience and a reasonable level of throwing competency is required.
Participants are required to provide their own high quality electric heat gun.
Limited seats available.
Workshop Artist
Bernard Kerr
Bernard Kerr is a gifted artist and teacher. He has been working in clay for over 4 decades and uses a wide range of techniques to produce a diverse selection of ceramic works.
A fascination with local flora and the ancient landscapes of Western Australia inspire many of his glazes, ceramic forms and paintings. Inspired by recent travels, some of his latest ceramic works also reference the landscapes of Iceland, Finland, China and Indonesia. In addition, an enduring interest has been investigating the dualistic relationship between art and craft, images and objects and form and function. These works reference the connections and conjunctions between the traditions of painting and ceramics and how they influence ways of thinking about life.
Bernard holds a Master of Visual Arts majoring in Ceramics from Curtin University and has an extensive background lecturing at a tertiary level and as a lead educator in secondary school teaching. He has held three major solo shows and his work is also held in a number of government, private and corporate collections.
He works from his studio in the Marri forest east of Perth and teaches ceramics and holds workshops on a regular basis. He is also an educational consultant for the International Baccalaureate organization and travels regularly to give workshops throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Bernard also enjoys writing about ceramics and is published in a number of books and ceramic journals.
Coil and Throw: Throwing a Large Vessel combined with Resist Decoration using Coloured Slips and Oxides
Join us at Warrandyte Pottery for a 4 day intensive workshop with incredible artist Bernard Kerr.
This workshop will enable participants to observe and participate in using the Coil and Throw method of throwing a large pot. Suitable clay bodies will be discussed and the method will be demonstrated and explained step by step. The workshop will also cover how to use oxides and stains to make coloured slips and use a range of resist and sgraffito techniques to decorate ceramics at the leather-hard stage.
Payment plans available. Please reach out to studio@warrandytepottery.com.au to arrange a payment plan that works for you.
When?
August 10th - August 13th
9am - 4pm
What’s included?
Four full days of tuition (9am - 4pm)
Catered Dinner event on the Friday evening
All Workshop Materials including clay, slips, oxides and colourants
Morning & afternoon tea each day
Techniques you'll learn from Bernard:
Knowledge and understanding of the elements of the ceramics, including specialized language, concepts and processes
Acquisition of skills and techniques of ceramics based in throwing skills and making large coherent forms
Application of skills and techniques to create ceramic objects that are aesthetic and pleasant to use
Create their own coloured slips using both ceramic stains and oxides
To develop knowledge and skills specific to the discipline of ceramics, specifically the ‘Coil and Throw’ technique
To deepen their understanding of the relationship between form surface and decoration
Blending Clay bodies
Throwing the base: drag and gravity
Using the gas torch or heat gun
Extruding coils
Attaching coils
Throwing up and down: joining the coil
Using ribs and steel kidneys to develop the form
Using the ‘Throwmaster” (Bela’s Wheels)
Adding coils and managing moisture
Prerequisites
This is an advanced learning experience and for participants to get the most out of the Intensives, a minimum of 2 years of ceramic experience and a reasonable level of throwing competency is required.
Participants are required to provide their own high quality electric heat gun.
Limited seats available.
Workshop Artist
Bernard Kerr
Bernard Kerr is a gifted artist and teacher. He has been working in clay for over 4 decades and uses a wide range of techniques to produce a diverse selection of ceramic works.
A fascination with local flora and the ancient landscapes of Western Australia inspire many of his glazes, ceramic forms and paintings. Inspired by recent travels, some of his latest ceramic works also reference the landscapes of Iceland, Finland, China and Indonesia. In addition, an enduring interest has been investigating the dualistic relationship between art and craft, images and objects and form and function. These works reference the connections and conjunctions between the traditions of painting and ceramics and how they influence ways of thinking about life.
Bernard holds a Master of Visual Arts majoring in Ceramics from Curtin University and has an extensive background lecturing at a tertiary level and as a lead educator in secondary school teaching. He has held three major solo shows and his work is also held in a number of government, private and corporate collections.
He works from his studio in the Marri forest east of Perth and teaches ceramics and holds workshops on a regular basis. He is also an educational consultant for the International Baccalaureate organization and travels regularly to give workshops throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Bernard also enjoys writing about ceramics and is published in a number of books and ceramic journals.
Coil and Throw: Throwing a Large Vessel combined with Resist Decoration using Coloured Slips and Oxides
Join us at Warrandyte Pottery for a 4 day intensive workshop with incredible artist Bernard Kerr.
This workshop will enable participants to observe and participate in using the Coil and Throw method of throwing a large pot. Suitable clay bodies will be discussed and the method will be demonstrated and explained step by step. The workshop will also cover how to use oxides and stains to make coloured slips and use a range of resist and sgraffito techniques to decorate ceramics at the leather-hard stage.
Payment plans available. Please reach out to studio@warrandytepottery.com.au to arrange a payment plan that works for you.
When?
August 10th - August 13th
9am - 4pm
What’s included?
Four full days of tuition (9am - 4pm)
Catered Dinner event on the Friday evening
All Workshop Materials including clay, slips, oxides and colourants
Morning & afternoon tea each day
Techniques you'll learn from Bernard:
Knowledge and understanding of the elements of the ceramics, including specialized language, concepts and processes
Acquisition of skills and techniques of ceramics based in throwing skills and making large coherent forms
Application of skills and techniques to create ceramic objects that are aesthetic and pleasant to use
Create their own coloured slips using both ceramic stains and oxides
To develop knowledge and skills specific to the discipline of ceramics, specifically the ‘Coil and Throw’ technique
To deepen their understanding of the relationship between form surface and decoration
Blending Clay bodies
Throwing the base: drag and gravity
Using the gas torch or heat gun
Extruding coils
Attaching coils
Throwing up and down: joining the coil
Using ribs and steel kidneys to develop the form
Using the ‘Throwmaster” (Bela’s Wheels)
Adding coils and managing moisture
Prerequisites
This is an advanced learning experience and for participants to get the most out of the Intensives, a minimum of 2 years of ceramic experience and a reasonable level of throwing competency is required.
Participants are required to provide their own high quality electric heat gun.
Limited seats available.
Workshop Artist
Bernard Kerr
Bernard Kerr is a gifted artist and teacher. He has been working in clay for over 4 decades and uses a wide range of techniques to produce a diverse selection of ceramic works.
A fascination with local flora and the ancient landscapes of Western Australia inspire many of his glazes, ceramic forms and paintings. Inspired by recent travels, some of his latest ceramic works also reference the landscapes of Iceland, Finland, China and Indonesia. In addition, an enduring interest has been investigating the dualistic relationship between art and craft, images and objects and form and function. These works reference the connections and conjunctions between the traditions of painting and ceramics and how they influence ways of thinking about life.
Bernard holds a Master of Visual Arts majoring in Ceramics from Curtin University and has an extensive background lecturing at a tertiary level and as a lead educator in secondary school teaching. He has held three major solo shows and his work is also held in a number of government, private and corporate collections.
He works from his studio in the Marri forest east of Perth and teaches ceramics and holds workshops on a regular basis. He is also an educational consultant for the International Baccalaureate organization and travels regularly to give workshops throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Bernard also enjoys writing about ceramics and is published in a number of books and ceramic journals.