STUART CAREY

Arjan van Dal (1974) is a Dutch ceramist living in London. He works mainly with porcelain. His work is at the interface of craft, art and design. His work starts with an artisanal approach. The result looks almost industrially manufactured and is detailed and precise.
Form and colour are the central elements of his work. The white porcelain as a medium is usually coloured and shaped on the pottery wheel. The finished pieces are intensively polished in order to achieve a particularly tactile experience and enhance the perception of the depth of colour.

In this workshop, participants will learn how to work with porcelain to achieve an exciting gradient surface. In contrast to our Gradient Plates (in bright colours) workshop, in this workshop we work without pigments but only with the natural colours of the clay bodies used.

We focus on the connection and the resulting gradients of porcelain with stoneware clay. The participants will create a presentation plate with a beautiful silky matt surface. 

We will then fire these plates for you and, if you wish, glaze them transparently.

This course is suitable for beginners and advanced students.

• Course teacher: Arjan VanDal
• Language: English
• Course duration: 3 hours
• Number of participants: Min. 3, max. 6
• Material costs and fires are included.
• Note: No warranty claims. Liability lies with the participating persons.