Discover an experimental approach to ceramics, learning how to transform clay into a workable slurry and apply it through piping techniques to build intricate, decorative surfaces. Through guided exercises, you'll create small sculptural elements and explore how to layer and assemble components, gaining an understanding of how to manage drying times when combining wet and semi-dry clay. This hands-on process encourages a playful yet technically informed way of working, expanding traditional approaches to hand-building.

Throughout the session, you'll gain confidence in using clay in expressive and unconventional ways, developing skills to create highly detailed, textured forms. Drawing on historical references to 18th-century sugar sculpture and decorative traditions, you'll be encouraged to think beyond standard ceramic methods, blurring the line between structure and surface decoration. By the end of the workshop, you'll have developed new techniques and a fresh perspective on how to approach sculptural ceramics.