Join us for a workshop inspired by Dora Carrington and the Omega workshop, where you’ll sketch from the exhibition and create personalised clay tiles using decorative techniques.
This workshop is inspired by the Omega workshop and decorative murals and furniture by Dora Carrington painted at Tidmarsh Mill and Ham Spray House.
Helen Friend will lead this workshop starting with a trip to the exhibition, sketching from direct observation, collecting a range of decorative motifs and details from the Omega Workshop designs and decorative art of Carrington.
Back in the studio you will begin to create your designs which will then become a tile or series of tiles to commemorate an important day, moment, person, place or object which has personal meaning to you. You may wish to work from your sketches in the Gallery, or from images you bring along to inform your clay tile design.
In this workshop you can expect to learn clay modelling techniques, such as base relief, sgraffito techniques and painting clay with coloured slips.
Helen will biscuit fire your tile and you can pick it up at the Gallery – this may take up to 3 weeks. We will let you know when you can come and collect it.
If you have any further questions, or would like to discuss access needs, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Educator bio - Helen Friend
Helen is an inspirational and accomplished artist and teacher who is passionate about the arts. She has always immersed herself fully in the creative world, working in both galleries and schools, as well as creating her own work.
Helen has taught art in a range of secondary schools to all levels and abilities. She has recently left a full-time teaching position as Head of Art to focus on her own art practice of ceramics.
The biggest influence on Helen’s own work has been nature and landscape. She uses the process of Raku, where the clay comes together with fire and water to produce dramatic and unexpected results.
