Dates: June 4-17, 2017
The use of clay and porcelain in the creation of a complex mosaic work.
During this course Micheline is proposing to guide you through the use of various techniques to enable you to realise your artistic aspirations in the best possible way.
You will be investigating different artistic and technical problems and how to solve them using the arts of clay(earth) and glazing:
- How do we use clay and porcelain to recreate fishing nets, jagged and broken rocks; how do we render the clarity of the turquoise sea using glazes.
- How do we break up an idea into its components and put it together again to create a meaningful and aesthetic unity.
- How to create armatures and structures of clay, how to support a mosaic, how to combine stone and earth, how to make use of the wealth of various techniques including modelling, drawing, firing, glazing to create a work of art.
- Techniques of slab building, combining clays, mixing and applying glazes, and firing in an electric kiln will be explored.
Professors: Micheline Divaris Lambert.