Hello
Thank you for joining me, for my colouring clays class.
Please take your time to look through the activities below. The various learning tools are designed to be a resource for your learning and will guide you through the theoretical and practical information around colouring clays.
Together I will guide you to gain a foundational knowledge and then during our intensive online workshop you will have the opportunity to apply and broaden your knowledge. The online forums will allow you to share ideas and learn from eachother.
Contact
If at any stage you are struggling with any technical difficulties content understanding please reach out to me via email
Introduction video
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Health and safety
Why the pre class info/ flipped classroom
Resource list at the bottom for you to download
LO + Aims
Contact info
glossary of terms
Your learning outcomes
You will be able to...
Recognise the difference between stains and oxides.
Demonstrate how to mix coloured pigments into clay to use in their own practice.
Identify how to use the coloured clay addition technique to scale up for larger projects.
Justify through discussion their reasons for percentage choices.
The aims of this course
To introduce the students to the difference between manufactured stains and natural oxides, showing and discussing the positives and negatives of each, giving context to their own creative practices.
To individually create a 5 colour ‘line-blend’ and a 6 ‘colour-to-colour blend’ of their own, relating to their own practice.
To inspire students to find colour inspiration in different new ways.
Glossary of Terms
Practice: This is an arts-based specific term, which refers to what your aesthetic preferences might be
Pigment content:
Colour Line Blend
Colour to colour blend
Pre class video - Background to coloured clay
Mini quiz
Materials list + Tools List
Materials:
Clay - 600g of white clay in its plastic state (White stoneware, white earthenware or porcelain)
Colourant - 20g of each coloured stain or oxide of your choice (x 3 colours in total, powder form)
Tools:
Desk or table to work on.
Sensitive scales weighing at least to 1g, better if they weigh to 0.1g of accuracy if possible.
Water pot.
Paint brush.
Pottery knife or scalpel.
Rolling pin.
Rolling cloth or small wooden board.
11 x Lidded small containers, yoghurt pots or cling film/saran wrap (approximately 50ml capacity)
A mixing tool such as a spoon or wooden modelling tool.
Labels or masking tape.
Thin marker pen or sharpie.
Optional - Cookie cutters or small press mould for test tile making.
Optional - latex or nitrile gloves.
Note taking material - pen and paper.
Hand washing water bowl or sink and towel.
Health and Safety Note
Add in info - gloves + Mask
Link to zoom workshop
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Forum
Post a photo of your pre-fired colours which you made during the workshop
Post class anonymous questionnaire
Forum
Post a photo of your fired colours which you made during the workshop.
What colours have you used?
What temperature did you fire to?
Were you surprised by the results?
Link to Zoom meeting
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We will chat openly and collaboratively, sharing our results from the workshop. The aim is to learn from each other and ask questions.
Resource materials
Please find below a range of resources for you to download at your convenience.
1. Colouring clays inspiration PDF