About the course
The ceramics summer course started on the 15/7/13 and lasted for a duration of 5 days, a total of 35 hours throughout the week. Before applying for the ceramics course, I had no previous experience with ceramics or pottery and was keen to try new skills as ceramics and sculpture is something I am very much interested in.
The 5 day course consisted of learning different hand-building skills, such as coiling, slab building and modelling and using these skills to produce one or more finished pieces. There were demonstrations throughout the course from the teacher, Jackie Summerfield who has 30 years of ceramic experience and specialises in portraiture. She was inspirational, patient and a lovely woman who guided us through the week.
Whenever I thought about ceramics I usually thought about pots and bowls and ornamental objects, however upon this course we were introduced to portraiture ceramics, which isn't something I had thought about before.
The 5 day course consisted of learning different hand-building skills, such as coiling, slab building and modelling and using these skills to produce one or more finished pieces. There were demonstrations throughout the course from the teacher, Jackie Summerfield who has 30 years of ceramic experience and specialises in portraiture. She was inspirational, patient and a lovely woman who guided us through the week.
Whenever I thought about ceramics I usually thought about pots and bowls and ornamental objects, however upon this course we were introduced to portraiture ceramics, which isn't something I had thought about before.
These are just a few of Jackie's pieces
Bob (Commissioned)
Grey Owl (Archie Belaney)
Joe (Commissioned)
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