Life Sculpting with ClayMakers

Friday 16 August 2024

14:00–16:00

Studios & Gardens, Hertfordshire

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Join the ClayMakers for a unique experience sculpting clay in response to a life model.

In this workshop we’ll explore the human figure through various ceramic construction techniques. Breaking down the human figure into its most primal of shapes through first hand observation, you’ll come to understand rhythm and structure of the body through abstraction.

The first half of the workshop will focus on reductive methods of making, where you will sculpt by removing material from a block of clay to create fluid forms. The second half will look at additive processes using slabs of clay to create geometric configurations.

By the end you will have produced two maquettes, small models made in clay. ClayMakers Luke and Bryony will invite you to select one of your maquettes to be fired and finished at stoneware temperatures in order to preserve them for life. After firing, your maquette will be available to collect from Henry Moore Studios & Gardens at a later date. If you are unable to return at a later date, you will be able to take both of your unfired maquettes away on the day.

This session is suitable for adults and young people aged 16+.

About the artists

ClayMakers are a trio of Royal College of Art graduates – Luke Fuller, Bryony Applegate and Paul Rowbottom – who specialise in ceramics. They offer courses that cover various aspects of ceramics, providing a diverse range of experiences to cater to all interests and skill levels.

Luke Fuller graduated in Ceramics & Glass from the Royal College of Art in 2020, being awarded the Charlotte Fraser Scholarship for outstanding work. He has won several prestigious prizes and bursaries and has shown work internationally at various exhibitions including The Power of Material: From Virtual to Physical, The Design Museum, London. His work features in notable private and public collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Bryony Applegate completed her Foundation Diploma at Oaklands College in 2013, followed by a BA at Staffordshire University, graduating in 2016. Bryony then worked in her own studio in Stoke-On-Trent for two years, before embarking on her MA at the Royal College of Art in London. Bryony now has a studio in Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, and specialises in high-end tableware and interior ceramic objects.