June Workshop | 2 hours

Hygge Gnomes

Join us for this 2-visit clay workshop!

Let's celebrate the season of gardens and gnomes in this 2-part clay workshop!

june | hygge gnomes



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$35 per person


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$10 per person (make up to 2 characters)




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Workshop Details

This June, let's celebrate the enchanting garden gnome and create adorable little sculptures perfect for a pot, garden or shelf! Following step-by-step instructions, this workshop is perfect for beginners and those who love whimsical little creatures.

First, learn to hand-build your character out of stoneware clay. In your second visit, you’ll be guided through how to glaze your gnome with beautiful colours of your choice, making it come to life with colour!

Timeline

1. Build & Sculpt: 2 hours of instruction. Create using our high fire clay and we will dry and fire the clay in the kiln.

2. Glaze: Return to the studio to add the beautiful glazes. Book at least one week after your build date. We recommend booking 1.5-2 hours, depending on the amount of detail :)

3. Pickup: We will fire it again in the kiln. In approximately 14 days after glazing, it’ll be ready for pick up.

Size

8.5" H × 2.5" W

Techniques & Materials

Techniques: Hand-building, slab building, glazing

Materials: Stoneware clay, underglazes

Stoneware Clay 101

The most important thing to remember when working with clay is to relax and enjoy the process of making hand made art! Clay is like magical mud for creating fantastic pottery and cool ceramics. First, you shape it into whatever you want. Then it has to air dry and go into a super-hot oven called a kiln, where it gets fired at really high temperatures (around 1,200°C!). After it’s been fired once it’s ready for the colourful and clear glazes! Finally. it gets fired again to cure the glazes to the clay. 

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

—Audrey Hepburn