WORKSHOPS

Printmaking for Ceramics

This fantastic two-day intensive workshop will allow you to turn your designs into vibrant and expressive decorated ceramic ware.

Designed for people working with clay, this workshop will allow you to put images in repeat on ceramic surfaces. Bring along your own small pieces to decorate, or studio blank pieces will also be available at min cost.

Over the course of 2 days students will cover:

  • Drawing for printmaking, formatting your images for print

  • The basics of silk screen printing, including preparing a film positive, coating and exposing a screen, using affordable equipment.

  • Working with underglaze printing paste, how to make your own or adapt commercial underglaze

  • Tissue transfer with underglaze printing paste

  • Decal Printing on paper with onglaze silk screen media and cover coat

  • Introduction to digital decals and commercially prepared tissue transfers

  • Suitable for beginners, teachers and experienced artists

  • Full price of workshop $320. Numbers limited to 8 students to ensure individual tuition.

Price includes all consumable materials plus one silk screen with your own design to keep and one Blue House Porcelain plate or cup. Works will be glazed and fired as part of the course.

Day 1 Saturday 6th July
Day 2 Sunday 7th July

Latte Cup Decoration

In this introduction to ceramic design workshop you will make and decorate your own latte cup.

You will be introduced to ceramic materials and casting methods as used in the production of Blue House Porcelain.

This workshop encourages you to create your own design to apply to the surface of a slip cast cup. Designs are transferred to the surface and painted using under glaze pigment. Suitable for beginners with no previous experience.

$90 per person. Maximum of 8 students.