Handbuilt Ceramic Slab Vases with Michelle Le Plastrier
When: Thursday 22 September | 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Where: artisan’s workshop location South Brisbane, 170 Melbourne Street, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101
Cost: $150 per person, limited to 10 places
Skill Level: Suitable for beginners
About the workshop: Join HOTA ArtKeeper Program ceramicist Michelle Le Plastrier in a day of fun as she guides you through the creation of your very own hand painted slab vase! Michelle is a seasoned workshop host and will teach you how to hand build and paint your own unique masterpiece that she will fire, ready for collection four weeks after the workshop.
Included in workshop ticket: All the tools necessary to create your vase, Learning new skills, Light refreshments, Apron provided for workshop duration, A finished creation ready for pick up 4 weeks after workshop.
About the facilitator: Michelle Le Plastrier is a multidisciplinary artist based between Yugambeh (Gold Coast) and Meanjin (Brisbane) with a focus on hand-building ceramics. Michelle has built the foundation of her practice studying under local ceramicists and teaching introduction to hand-building courses at Dabbler Studio in Meanjin. Her practice is centred around the desire to always be expanding on the technical skills and knowledge to explore the balance between sculptural and functional ceramic forms.
Architectural hand built ceramics with Tom Summers
When: Friday September 2nd | 6pm – 8.30pm
Where: artisan’s workshop studio, 170 Melbourne Street South Brisbane
Cost: $155 per person
Suitable for: Ages 18+. No experience necessary
About the workshop: Unleash your inner architect with Tom Summers as he guides you through the creation of a small ceramic sculptural piece influenced by modern architecture. Your masterpiece can be left as a standalone sculptural piece or you will have the option to make it into an incense holder.
You will learn the skill of working with clay slabs to make ceramics. This is a unique skill that differs from general hand-building with coils/pinch pots. This process allows for a much sharper appearance in the finished product. Your works will be taken away for firing and will be ready for collection from artisan within two weeks.
We provide: A handout with pictures of how to roll out the slabs of clay and a short description of how to attach slabs together, Pre-rolled clay slabs out that have been dried to the appropriate consistency, Refreshments.
About the facilitator: Tom Summers is a ceramicist that has been practicing since 2018. His specialty is in handbuilding, using a combination of moulds, coiling and slab building to create vessels with a signature architectural style. Spending the last three years in Brisbane, he has quietly gathered a following that has led him to being stocked in specialty boutiques and gallery stores both at home and interstate. From 2022, Tom Summers is expanding his practice by being part of the prestigious Jam Factory Associate’s Program in Adelaide.
Make a Mug Handbuilding with Alessia Emanuele
When: Saturday September 10 |10.30am-1pm
Where: 170 Melbourne Street South Brisbane
Cost: $145 per person, limited to 12 places
About the workshop: Come spend the evening playing with clay in the artisan workshop and make your own ceramic mug! Alessia will teach you everything you need know – tips, tricks and tools you can use when handbuilding. You’ll choose your own style and shape, then use underglaze to decorate your new creation. Alessia will fire and glaze your work in her studio, and it will be ready for pick up at artisan a few weeks after the workshop
Skill level: This workshop is suitable for beginners
Included in workshop ticket: Your very own handbuilt mug to keep! (food safe!), All materials including clay, underglaze and tools, Both firings done by Alessia, New knowledge about working with clay, Light refreshments
About the facilitator: Alessia Emanuele is an artist based in Brisbane who creates happy and silly ceramics. After graduating from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Laws, Alessia is determined not to pursue a corporate life and her artistic practice is largely founded on the rejection of traditional career frameworks. Sustainability informs her practice with a focus on creating vessels that are both decorative and functional. Alessia creates intuitively with characters and scenes from her own colourful universe and hopes that her work can make others happy too.
