Make Ceramic tiles with Jane du Rand – Adults

Join in for a two session workshop and make relief tiles from clay at the Ipswich Art Workshop.

The first session will involve making a series of wall tiles from clay. Learn how to adjust the thickness of the tiles and add the sculpted relief work onto the tiles. You will learn slab making, relief sculpting, carving and ceramic surface decoration.

Your tiles will be fired between the first and second session and the second session will be all about colour and glazing where you will learn to use glazes and underglazes, oxides and stains and how to combine colours.

All materials and tools will be provided, as well as reference material for your tile designs. Jane also has a fabulous collection of wooden Indian block stamps which you can use to add to the designs. If you have any specific designs you want to use, please bring these along and if you have favourite tools you prefer to use you are welcome to bring these too, however if you haven’t, just bring yourselves and everything will be provided for you.

Each participant can choose the theme for their set of tiles, this can range from the natural environment, birds, animals, landscapes to botanicals and patterns.