Take inspiration from the ceramic family portraits made by Serena Korda and her young daughter as part of her exhibition Triple Goddess, and create your own family portrait plate.
You will learn
Learn new skills with your child and create a family portrait plate from clay. You will work with your child to form and decorate your plate, using sculpted elements, decorative coloured slips and mono printing to build up an image reflective of your family.
Techniques covered include:
Building with slabs
Joining clay
Sculpting
Visualising your design
Mono printing
Sgraffito
You will need
This session is for children aged 7-16 and their parent or guardian. No prior pottery experience is needed.
We recommend trimming long nails prior to the session, removing any jewellery, and tying back long hair. A parent or guardian must stay with their child at all times.
Additional information
The session cost includes all materials, tools, clay and firing of your finished pieces.
We will contact you when your pots are ready to collect from our museum, this can take up to 6 weeks. If you haven’t heard from us within this time, please contact us.
If your child is confident working independently, you can make your own creation by purchasing additional clay, glaze + firing as a £12 add-on.
Ruth Waller
This course is taught by Ruth Waller.
Ruth is half of the creative partnership Waller Hewett. Waller Hewett creates artwork and installations which combine art, design and craft, and has won them numerous awards including ‘Best in Show’ at the London Craft Fair.
She is a highly experienced tutor and teaches across the Harley Foundation’s education programme.
Image courtesy Ben Boswell
This Programme has been provided in partnership with Nottinghamshire County Council.
