Join ceramicist Pascale Wilson on this day workshop to learn how to make a sgraffito mask.

In this workshop will learn how to pinch, coil and sculpt a small wall mask, creating your own unique character, adding pattern and colour to the surface using slips and sgraffito. This decorative technique allows for the creation of pattern with bold colour.

At the start of the day, Pascale will show you the fundamental techniques required to pinch and coil the basic mask shape and add hanging fixtures on the back. You will then sculpt and adapt the form to create a face, whether human, animal, hybrid or abstract. You will then be taught to use coloured slips and sgraffito tools to decorate your piece.

You will leave this workshop with confidence and fundamental skills in hand building and knowledge of sgrafitto decoration techniques, and using coloured slips. Your mask will be fired onsite in our electric kilns, this can take up to 6 weeks.

Tutor: Pascale Wilson
Date & Time: Saturday 7th February, 10am - 4pm
Venue: Wheel Studio, New Brewery Arts
Price: £105 (£0.00 VAT)

Please note that this workshop is for those aged 18 and over.

You are welcome to bring a lidded bottle of water with you but we kindly ask that you do not bring food into the studio.

Refreshments are available at our on-site café Blend until 4pm.

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Who is this workshop for?
Beginners and those who would like a refresher.

What you will need:
Please bring an apron or wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Please remove jewellery and tie hair back.

All materials and equipment are included. One piece of work will be kiln fired with a transparent glaze or left unglazed. Firings can take up to 6 weeks. We will contact you when your work is ready for collection.

Accommodation: 
Residential option available. Find out about our accommodation, costs and how to book here.

Meet Your Tutor - PASCALE WILSON

Pascale is a Bristol based ceramicist who loves to create character-rich artworks. She combines simple forms with faces, patterns and bold colours to spark narratives.

Handbuilding is a slow and freeform production method, allowing her to organically discover characters while making. Her work is reminiscent of Pre-Columbian art, using repeated patterns, animal and human forms, and an intrinsic playfulness, inspiring a sense of myth and curiosity.

Her interest in psychological states, dreams, and our collective mental landscape underpins her work, driving her to seek understanding through making.

Pascale has been teaching ceramics in Bristol for 5 years, and is passionate about sharing her knowledge. She feels clay is an accessible medium to anyone, whether they deem themselves to be creative or not, and loves to help people realise their ideas.

Her sessions cover fundamental handbuilding and decorating skills, while providing the scope for individual style and creativity within each project.