Description

Create your own unique character, with ceramic artist Derek Mathews for a full-day immersive workshop like no other. This is your chance to hand-build bold, expressive sculptures using a variety of clays and techniques that push the boundaries of form and imagination. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned ceramicist, Derek’s energy, expertise, and approach will ignite your creativity and guide you through a dynamic day of hands-on making, experimentation, and artistic discovery. Come ready to get your hands dirty, unleash your inner sculptor, and walk away with one-of-a-kind pieces shaped by fire, form, and pure creative flow

All materials are provided and 2 items fired.

Derek Matthews is a Selected Member of The Craft Potters Association. http://www.derekmatthews.co.uk/ceramics.html

Many of his ceramics start with a narrative that’s either imagined, half remembered, carefully researched or commissioned.

Working on one piece at a time, every piece he creates is totally unique.

“My output is low and slow”

“I work with a variety of clays into which I often add other fragments of material. These ”inclusions” plus the use of oxides and multiple firings add to the alchemy and often give the clay a distressed or patinated surface.”

A love of whimsy, folk art, religious and tribal art and his background as an illustrator, all go into the mix. Derek was once described as “Possibly one of the UK’s most successful illustrators. For more than forty years, with agents in London,Tokyo and Toronto he created work for a raft of top International and UK clients. Won several awards and sold 13 million copies worldwide.