Join ceramic artist Emma Jayne Robertson for this creative workshop for 10-16 year olds at Great Cornard Library and create your very own clay bowl based on your favourite character or story! This workshop is part of The Blank Page Project.
Workshops take place from 9.45AM to 3.30PM and include lunch, drinks and snacks!
This workshop will get us thinking and talking about our favourite reads and creating our very own clay bowl based on a character or story. Participants will transform a hand-built clay bowl into their favourite character or story book with support and guidance from ceramic artist, Emma Jayne Robertson. The day will begin by exploring ideas through drawing and designing before starting to work with the clay to bring their ideas to life.
We will pinch, coil or form the clay into a bowl shape and then make and attach details to the surface. They will then get the chance to carefully add colour to their creations with ceramic underglaze paints.
The work will be taken back to the EJaRt Creative Studio where it will dry out and then be fired in our kilns with a clear gloss glaze on the surface. They will then be returned to the library venue to be collected. (Please note: This can take 4-6 weeks during busy periods).
Workshops must be booked in advance. You can book online via eequ.
If your booking is made within 72 hours of the workshop, we may not be able to accommodate specific dietary requirements. Please get in touch with the library location for the workshop to discuss options. Please note that whilst we welcome all young people, our staff are not specifically SEND trained.
This workshop is for 10-16 year olds only. If you feel your child requires additional support in the form of adult attendance in order to access this workshop, contact us by emailing katie.puls@suffolklibraries.co.uk.
Free places are available for those eligible for benefit related free school meals. Unsure if you’re eligible? For guidance visit www.gov.uk/apply-free-school-meals
Emma Jayne Robertson is a ceramic and applied artist and owner of EJaRt Creative at Grange Farm, Hasketon. She has a Masters in Contemporary Applied Arts and her ceramics have been exhibited across the UK. She has been involved in several local projects including the ‘Riverside 100th Birthday Plaque’ in 2015 and the ‘Remembrance Doves’ at Ipswich School, 2018.
Pattern and texture in the natural world are very influential in Emma’s work. Her ceramics also explore the concept of ‘The Contemporary Fossil’; this work reflects on the effect that our throw- away culture will have on the ‘Fossils of our Future’. She loves to share her passion for clay and creativity through teaching workshops, and is a bibliomaniac, with a huge collection of art and craft books.
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