Portrait modelling from the life model, a 2-day weekend course, suitable for all levels

Date:

Saturday, 11 & Sunday, 12 October, 11am – 5pm

Cost:

£275 for the two days (concession option available)

During the 2-day workshop you will, with guidance and demonstrations from your tutor:

• Model a small figure (approximately ¼ life size) in Terracotta.

• Build up a basic form in clay.

• Learn about proportions of the body, and how to reproduce them to scale.

• Use modelling tools to construct and shape the limbs and other details.

• Create surface details: hair, skin etc.

• Finish and prepare the piece for the kiln.

Teacher is Ben Swift 

Ben is a ceramic artist and ceramics teacher based in Dulwich. His work explores both figurative, geometric and organic subjects with emphasis on process: construction, throwing, casting and fabrication, thus creating rhythms, textures and forms. These are expressed through the treatment of a variety of media. Most often he employs ceramics but he also combines constructed metals and found objects. Recent work has begun to compose disparate elements as assemblages.