Jon recently worked with Interior design under-graduates at Gloucestershire University in Cheltenham. This was the second year he’d been invited to facilitate a ceramics workshop at the School of Creatives, Park Campus.
Park Campus looking stunning in the early Spring sunshine…. not a cloud in the sky!
Surface decoration
The session rounded of a ‘Surface Design’ module for the current cohort of Level 5 students. After a playful demo, Jon encouraged the group to experiment with a range of found objects to create interesting surfaces and textures in the clay.
We also noted some amazing incidental effects. These fine line drawings were left on the paper protecting the tables.
A room full of creatives
It’s always a joy to work with creatives and the interior design students didn’t disappoint. Everybody tackled the project in a playful and experimental manner, each establishing a unique vocabulary of marks and effects.
3D
In the second half of the workshop the students used their soft tiles to construct three dimensional shapes and sculpture.
Fired at the Pottery
Once the creations had been carefully lowered into crates, Jon transported the consignment to Eastnor Pottery. They were fired, glazed and returned to Cheltenham in time for the student’s final assessments.
