Grand Opening of my new Studios
Well its been a while and a lots has happened since I last wrote.
I have a new blog on my website so I will sporadically update both here and there as I am a bit rubbish at this but the biggest news so far is I have moved studios.
If you follow my website, fb or Insta you'll know this so after 19yrs 17 of those in my old studio I have moved. From Sept 2019 I moved to Lomeshaye Business Village to a larger space with a dedicated workshop room.
My new studios are
Fired Up North Studios
Unit 25 Lomeshaye Business Village
Turner Road, Nelson, BB9 7DR
AND tomorrow is the Grand Opening
1-4pm
All Welcome
And if you can make it there is a £5 off any workshops booked on the day
Porcelain Tiles Workshops
Tiles impressed natural objects in porcelain using
natural material such as grasses, flowers and leaves.
You will create a set of four tiles that can be
used as coasters or wall plaques, door numbers etc using colour and oxide to
bring them to life.
Participants will learn the basic skills involved
in creating clay tiles. We will be using a porcelain clay suitable for
displaying outdoors once fired. Creating decoration with collected natural
materials ie grasses, seed heads, flowers and leaves to create patterns and
pictures on the surface. We will introduce a splash of colour using underglaze
and oxides to pick up the details on the surfaces once fired.
Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs
Dates for 2019
Prices include materials and firing £45
Thurs 28th November 1pm -3.30pm or
6.30-9pm
Thurs 5th December 1pm -3.30pm or
6.30-9pm
Porcelain tea light holders
Create your own tea light holders using slab
building techniques with porcelain.
In this 2 & ½ hr workshop you will learn
techniques on how to handle the porcelain, rolling out techniques and forming
and joining the porcelain, impressing and incising using textures to exploit
its beautiful translucent qualities to create your very own tea light holder.
At the end of the workshop you will have created at least one porcelain tea
light holder to be fired.
Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs
Dates for 2019
Price includes materials and firing £45
Saturday 23rd November 1pm -3.30pm
Sunday 1st December 1pm -3.30pm
Wednesday 4th Dec 6.30-9pm
Wednesday 11th Dec 6.30-9pm
Christmas decorations in Porcelain
Come and make your own personalised Christmas
tags, tree decorations.
Learn how to roll out porcelain to 2mm thick, how
to handle the material, impressing and incising techniques using textures to
exploit its beautiful translucent qualities. You can leave your creations white
or using underglazes to print or stain the imprints to coordinate your
Christmas presents.
Julie is an experienced teacher in ceramics with a
degree in Design Craft & an MA in Ceramics. She has taught since graduating
in 1998 in various settings from art galleries to a disused quarry, all ages
and abilities. Bring an apron, enthusiasm and anything that you would like to use to impress including leaves,
fabric, flowers etc and you
will be able to achieve with step by step tuition some amazing creations. Go on
have a go and get creative. Refreshments offered on arrival whilst going
through housekeeping & health & safety for each workshop.
Maximum 6 per workshop age 16 + duration 2 ½ hrs
Dates for 2019
Prices include materials and firing £45
Sunday 8th Dec 1.30-4pm