In this workshop participants will

1.be introduced to bas relief style carving techniques,

2. apply carving techniques to create surface decoration on a vessel, based on plant forms from the Australian National Botanic Gardens,

3. use plants with personal or historical significance.

Source material will be examples of dried leaves, photographs, historical information, and the Banksia Gardens just outside the workshop space. You are encourgaed to bring your own reference materials (no living or dried plants)

Pre-thrown leather hard clay vessels will be provided .

The carved vessels will be fired and available for collection at a later date

The tile decorating workshop includes two clay surface embellishment techniques: relief carving and stamping. These techniques will be used to create imagery based on Banksia plant leaves. The tiles will be pre-made by the artist/facilitator and ready for surface embellishment in the workshop. The tiles will be fired and available for collection at a later date.

The tile workshop includes two techniques: painting and sgraffito (scratching through). These techniques will be used to create imagery based on Banksia plant leaves. The tiles will be pre-made by the artist/facilitator and ready for surface embellishment. The tiles will be fired and available for collection at a later date.