What you'll learn

• How even the most minimally sculpted figures can express profound emotion and movement 
• How "chance" or "mistakes" show us new ways of expressing.   

We then go on to look at:

• How to turn delicate clay into strong, lightweight and waterproof sculpture (without the lengthy and often costly processes of casting or firing) 
• How to make armatures
• How to sculpt in fine detail. 

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Weekend Courses cover all these aspects. (Day classes also available) 

Day 1: General intro, clay work, plaster lamination.

Day 2:  Armature making, detail sculpture using Super Sculpey.

The techniques you'll learn can be used to create Portraiture, Relief Sculpture, Caricature/Figurative Sculpture, Animal sculpture, Garden Sculpture etc.  By the end everyone will have at least one sculpture to take home.  There's no pressure though, to create the "perfect sculpture", the focus is purely on learning techniques and tricks of the trade to promote confidence and know-how.  The rest is practice. 

10 Week Courses allow students more time to refine their technique but the course covers exactly the same material.

Specialised Courses/Classes will be put on throughout the year in Mould-making, Casting etc 

EXAMPLES:

Laminated clay with MARBLE patinationLaminated clay with BRONZE patinationLaminated clay with GRANITE patination

Above: laminated clay sculptures with acrylic patinations

Horse by Charlie Haward medallion-gill-shaw

Above: Bronze resin relief sculptures with moulds.

 

The Fall of Phaeton by Charlie Haward: clay sculpture beforeThe Fall of Phaeton by Charlie Haward; bronze complete

Above: Clay relief sculpture and completed Bronze Resin cast

 

During the course of the year there will also be trips to see current exhibitions, so if you're free and fancy it, we can head off to see whatever's on in London, Oxford, Cardiff etc etc.

 

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Chew Valley Arts TrailOnce every 2 years everyone who's been on a course is then invited to show their own work at an exhibition, partly as an excuse for a good party but also in order to experience the final process of making art: that of exhibiting.  Some students choose to offer their work for sale  (and plenty sells), some simply to show their work, but whatever the reason, we have a ball.

 

So to Sum Up

A One-Weekend-Course will teach you the basics of armature making, clay modelling and lamination, as well as introducing you to the the wonders of Super Sculpey.  A 10-Week-Course will allow you to take your time, develope your own style and gain a greater knowledge of anatomy. You can also, through the sharing of ideas and exhibition visits throughout the year, develop a clearer idea of what's possible with sculpture and have the chance of participating in a group art exhibition.  And if you choose not to sell your work, you'll have original sculpture/s for your home or garden. 

You'll also have had a really good time.

After class in the local pubHaving a laugh in class

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