Anna Lambert

3rd - 5th September

£390

Platters and Place

Have you ever wondered how to combine drawing and ceramic techniques?

On this short course you will learn how to use drawing to develop designs for simple slab built ceramic platters and tiles. You will discover ways to build complex and layered surfaces with tonal and coloured slips, using your own hand-cut stencils, stamps, linocuts and sgraffitto designs.

The course is suitable for all abilities.

During the first day, after an introductory session discussing clay and slip techniques, we will start with a brainstorming drawing session – collecting ideas that could make up a design using the environment around Lund Studios as our starting point. We will then develop the drawings using collage and line drawings to create an understanding of the possibilities in using slips and other ceramic processes, as well as practicing mark-making and painting layers of slips (coloured liquid clay) on small leatherhard clay tiles. We will also prepare clay slabs for the following days. On the second and third days, we will construct plates from slabs and develop our designs using various techniques: layering of slips, stamping for texture, stencilling, and sgraffitto to create a rich surface design on platters, plates or tiles. Most students can expect to complete one large piece and a group of smaller pieces. For a small additional fee Anna can fire and glaze the finished items and arrange delivery. The pieces will be fired to 1100ºC.

Lunch and refreshments included. Days run from 10am to 4pm(ish)

About Anna

Anna Lambert makes hand-built earthenware ceramics decorated with layers of slips and underglaze washes, combining drawing with the abstract qualities of pots, their spaces, edges and surfaces.

Ideas reflect an interest in her locality exploring narratives relating to, amongst other things, climate change in her local landscape and the regeneration of orchards.

Anna has studied Ceramics to MA level. She has been a full-time maker of hand-built earthenware since 1980 and shares her North Yorkshire studio with painter David Thomas. She has had many solo exhibitions including The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh and Contemporary Ceramics, London, as well as galleries in Europe and USA. She is also a Fellow of the Craft Potters Association and works on the steering group of North Yorkshire Open Studios.

Web www.junctionworkshop.co.uk

Instagram : @annalambertceramics