Foliage Impressions: Slab Built Dishes. Mini-Workshop
Leaves, grasses and seed heads can leave the most beautiful marks in clay. What looks like a simple technique quickly reveals layers of delicate texture and pattern, capturing the quiet details of the natural world.
In this relaxed two-hour mini workshop, we’ll explore how to use foliage to create striking designs pressed directly into clay slabs. You’ll discover how different plants produce very different effects, and how layering leaves and textures can build up beautifully detailed surfaces.
Using simple formers, you’ll shape your slab into a small dish while learning how to compose your foliage patterns so that the finished piece feels balanced and intentional. We’ll guide you through the whole process — from rolling out the clay, to pressing and arranging your foliage, to adding slip decoration that highlights the textures and brings the patterns to life.
By the end of the session you’ll have created your own unique slab-built dish, ready to be fired and glazed by us. No two pieces are ever the same, and the results are often surprisingly intricate and elegant.
This workshop is ideal for anyone who already has a little experience with clay — if you’re comfortable rolling out a slab and applying slip, you’ll be able to focus on the creative possibilities of the technique.
Firing and glazing of your finished piece is included in the workshop price.