Wild Pottery - 2 day weekend workshop

£70.00

Join us for a 2 day weekend workshop exploring open wood firing in the woods, using locally sourced raw clay.

Set in the ancient woodland of Lesnes Abbey Woods, we will explore the processes, materials, history and shared collective experience of working with wild clay.

Using ancient knowledge to connect us to the earth and an understanding of how to form and fire raw clay, with locally sourced, excavated clay, this 2 day workshop will take place in at The Clearing, our woodland workshop in Lesnes Abbey Woods.

We will create our own modelling tools, and fire the work on simple, open wood-based fires.

We will have a range of urban clays that we have sustainably sourced, that would otherwise go to waste.

Saturday 7th March & Sunday 8th March
Saturday 18th April & Sunday 19th April

Both days take place from 9am - 4pm, meeting at the gate of The Clearing.

This 2 Day workshop is for adults only.

Location

This workshop is carried out at “The Clearing” - an outdoor purpose-built creative space in Lesnes Abbey Woods - and the surrounding woodland.

Find us on Google Maps: The Clearing, Lesnes Abbey Woods, Belvedere, SE2 0AX

Toilets are a 5 minute walk away at Lesnes Abbey Lodge.

Join us for a 2 day weekend workshop exploring open wood firing in the woods, using locally sourced raw clay.

Set in the ancient woodland of Lesnes Abbey Woods, we will explore the processes, materials, history and shared collective experience of working with wild clay.

Using ancient knowledge to connect us to the earth and an understanding of how to form and fire raw clay, with locally sourced, excavated clay, this 2 day workshop will take place in at The Clearing, our woodland workshop in Lesnes Abbey Woods.

We will create our own modelling tools, and fire the work on simple, open wood-based fires.

We will have a range of urban clays that we have sustainably sourced, that would otherwise go to waste.

Saturday 7th March & Sunday 8th March
Saturday 18th April & Sunday 19th April

Both days take place from 9am - 4pm, meeting at the gate of The Clearing.

This 2 Day workshop is for adults only.

Location

This workshop is carried out at “The Clearing” - an outdoor purpose-built creative space in Lesnes Abbey Woods - and the surrounding woodland.

Find us on Google Maps: The Clearing, Lesnes Abbey Woods, Belvedere, SE2 0AX

Toilets are a 5 minute walk away at Lesnes Abbey Lodge.

The workshop will go ahead in all but extreme weather with shelter, warmth, tea and simple snacks. We also suggest you bring a packed lunch. Please remember to wear clothing and shoes suitable for being outdoors for the day. It will be soft and woody ground under foot.

This workshop is provided at a greatly discounted price - this kind of workshop costs around £250 elsewhere