THE CANDLE MAKER
TASTER CLASS £95
1.30pM - 3.00pM
WednesDAY 26TH March 2025
What's included:
- DURING THIS TASTER POTTERY COURSE, YOU will learn two very different methods of handbuilding: THE slab BUILDING and pinching techniques.
- A CANDLE of your creation, with reuse in mind. Once burned, you can use the vessel as a cup For YOUR MORNING BREW, THROUGH TO YOUR EVENING COCKTAIL.
- tuition, EXHIBITION STANDARD materials, TOOLS FOR USE ON THE DAY and firing costs.
- The studio is located 5 minutes from central Farnham, Surrey.
What TO EXPECT:
If your time is limited, THIS TASTER WORKSHOP will give you a great introduction to handbuilding, allowing enough time for you to gain a good understanding of the material and to make something you’re proud of. FOLLOWING MY DEMONSTRATIONS OF BOTH THE SLAB BUILDING AND PINCHING TECHNIQUES, You can choose your preferred approach and aesthetic, to create YOUR candle vessel. I will discuss with you your ideas for the suface decoration of your candle, should you wish TO ETCH, CARVE or paint IT, AS THIS WILL IMPACT HOW YOU BUILD the candle. If you decide to decorate your candle with underglazes, I HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF COLOURS FOR YOU TO WORK WITH.
AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP, YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR candle WITH ME TO PROCESS - I will dry, bisque fire, SAND, wax, glaze, glaze fire and finally hand pour your candle, using pure, triple filtered, organic soy wax. IN CONJUNCTION WITH any SURFACE DECORATION DESIGNS YOU HAVE, You will be able to choose between a matt white, ivory gloss and/or a transparent glaze IN WHICH I WILL finish your PIECE.
I WILL NOTIFY YOU VIA EMAIL WHEN YOUR CANDLE IS READY FOR COLLECTION.
After the wax burns out, you will be left with a unique cup of your creation, sustaining the life of your vessel far beyond it’s burn time.
Ceramics is a slow art. Wastage is minimal. I wanted to run a workshop where I took it’s sustainability one step further and this is it – a course created with reuse in mind.
Workshops are only run 3-4 times a year and class sizes are kept small. For early access to upcoming class dates, please join the mailing list below.
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If you’re looking for art classes and art lessons in Surrey or Hampshire, Seetha Hallett offers diverse pottery workshops, full day pottery courses and taster pottery classes, as well as one day ceramic workshops, taster ceramic classes and intensive day ceramic courses, in Surrey and Hampshire.