About the workshop

In this beginners workshop you'll learn the slab building techniques to create a small candle holder. We will teach you how to use lace and flowers to decorate pottery and make a ceramic piece you will treasure forever. We'll fire your creation for you to be picked up at a later date.

What you'll get:

• We'll fire your pot for you so you can collect your very own finished pot at a later date
• The tools and equipment you need to to make your coil pot
• Tea, coffee, juice and snacks

Please wear closed-in shoes and clothes you don't mind getting a bit dirty (we'll provide aprons)!

About the facilitator

Melissa has been in the Brisbane pottery scene for 20 years, working as a decorator and studio assistant. She has run creative workshops for Multicap and can usually be found cutting up the curtains to make hats for her own clothing label!

This workshop is part of a series of workshops brought to you by the Objects of Desire: Contemporary Clay exhibition, curated for Artisan by Australian Ceramics Association President Shannon Garson. Stay tuned for the new listings as they are released! See Objects of Desire: Contemporary Clay on display Gallery Artisan (381 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley) from 13 September to 19 November.

Objects of Desire is supported by the Visions regional touring program, an Australian Government program aiming to improve access to cultural material for all Australians.

Workshop Cancellation Policy

Please note that if minimum numbers are not reached this workshop will be cancelled. Participants will be notified of cancellation a week prior to the workshop date and refunded accordingly.

Participant Cancellation Policy

Bookings cancelled up to one week prior to the start of the workshop will be fully refunded.

Bookings cancelled within a week prior to the start of the workshop will receive a 50% refund.

Bookings cancelled after workshop has begun will NOT be refunded.

Image: Mollie Bosworth, Gondawana timeline series (detail), 2016. Porcelain. Photo by Jaala Alex.