C L A Y

SPRING - WE GO OUTSIDE!

We will gather in the woods next to the river Mardle in Buckfastleigh to explore the ancient tradition of hand building with clay!

(10 mins walk from town or you can drive and park next to the woodland)

There will be a craft camp created around a bonfire with space to paddle and unwind in the evening light.

We will learn ancient hand building techniques, use primitive mark making tools, create different forms, learn about carbon smoke marks, applying designs with stains and burnish the clay ready for firing.

Our final celebration session will take place in a beautiful yurt in Staverton where we can fire our pots and witness the magical alchemy of mud being turned into ceramic!

CANT WAIT!

PLAN

13th : Connect with clay, forage mark making tools

20th : Hand building

27th : Hand building

4th (no session)

11th May : Hand building

18th May : Hand building

25th May : Burnishing / stains

8th June : Pit firing/carbon trapping

15th June: Pick up pots from Buckfastleigh

**SEE YOU IN THE WOODS! **

(ill email over exact location/what to bring)

SUMMER CRAFT COURSE DATES FOR YOUR DIARIES : 29th June -10th August