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Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."
Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."...
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Taking inspiration from Gardiner Collections, students will learn the fundamentals of hand building and explore a wide range of techniques, including pinch and coiled pots, slipping and scoring, and reliefs.
Taking inspiration from Gardiner Collections, students will learn the fundamentals of hand building and explore a wide range of techniques, including pinch and coiled pots, slipping and scoring, and reliefs....
Instructor: Taylor Chan
In this two-hour workshop, participants will tap into a spirit of play and wonder, and engage in a series of clay exercises designed to harness the power of breath and activate the present moment.
In this two-hour workshop, participants will tap into a spirit of play and wonder, and engage in a series of clay exercises designed to harness the power of breath and activate the present moment....
Instructor: Suzanne Thomson
Learn to the basics of hand building while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!
Learn to the basics of hand building while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!...
Inspired by the special exhibition Housewarming, students will look closely at artist Karine Giboulo's depictions of food and consumption, using hand-building techniques to respond to the works in the show with their own ceramic creations.
Inspired by the special exhibition Housewarming, students will look closely at artist Karine Giboulo's depictions of food and consumption, using hand-building techniques to respond to the works in the show with their own ceramic creations....
Instructor: Hatice Erdogan
Participants will learn how to hand build and water etch their pieces. Water etching is a decorating technique where a resist design is painted onto clay and wiped away with a damp sponge to create a relief effect.
Participants will learn how to hand build and water etch their pieces. Water etching is a decorating technique where a resist design is painted onto clay and wiped away with a damp sponge to create a relief effect....
Instructor: Mona Patel
Join Roxanne Brathwaite, Toronto-based miniaturist and contestant from Season 1 of CBC Gem's “Best In Miniature", for a series of three workshops in which participants will progressively develop skills and techniques to build their own miniature suite by repurposing everyday objects.
Join Roxanne Brathwaite, Toronto-based miniaturist and contestant from Season 1 of CBC Gem's “Best In Miniature", for a series of three workshops in which participants will progressively develop skills and techniques to build their own miniature suite by repurposing everyday...
Students will hand build with clay in the first three sessions of this course and glaze their works in the final session.
Students will hand build with clay in the first three sessions of this course and glaze their works in the final session....
Instructor: Hannun Lyn
Participants explore a series of hand-building exercises rooted in the connection between clay and breath.
Participants explore a series of hand-building exercises rooted in the connection between clay and breath....
Students will create their own kitchenware using hand-building techniques and learn to paint and decorate using underglazes.
Students will create their own kitchenware using hand-building techniques and learn to paint and decorate using underglazes....
Make your own planters and vases for your indoor and outdoor plants.
Make your own planters and vases for your indoor and outdoor plants....
Instructor: Audrey Mah
In this two-hour workshop, participants will explore simple physical practices with clay, using our sense of touch and breath exercises to bring us into the present moment while simultaneously deepening and expanding our awareness that we are all related.
In this two-hour workshop, participants will explore simple physical practices with clay, using our sense of touch and breath exercises to bring us into the present moment while simultaneously deepening and expanding our awareness that we are all related....
In this two-hour workshop, participants will engage is clay exercises designed to call attention to habits of believe, judgments, and the stories we tell ourselves. With self-compassion, we will create possibilities to loosen their hold on us by working with the malleability of clay.
In this two-hour workshop, participants will engage is clay exercises designed to call attention to habits of believe, judgments, and the stories we tell ourselves. With self-compassion, we will create possibilities to loosen their hold on us by working with...