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Kiln - Forming Glass
with Lucy Quinn DATE: Sunday November 12 TIME: 10am – 3pm COST: $125 and BFF Members $120 BOOK HERE Join our Artist in Residence Lucy Quinn in this fantastic masterclass! Create your own unique object using glass fusing and mould-making processes. This workshop suitable for anyone curious about glass as a casting or artistic medium. No prior glass experience required. You will produce a number of small pieces using the following methods:
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Christmas, All Wrapped Up!
with Marc Sauvage DATES: 11 November: MAKING YOUR FIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS 10am – 3pm 18 November: GLAZING YOUR FIVE CHRISTMAS GIFTS 10am – 1pm COST: $220 and BFF members $210 BOOK HERE SOLD OUT! Click HERE (above) to go on a waiting list via 'contact the organiser'. In this fast-paced and fun two-part workshop create five gorgeous, bespoke handmade pottery Christmas presents in five hours! Come back the following Saturday after your work has been bisque-fired and spend three relaxing hours glazing, decorating and personalising your work. Your five pieces will be ready to collect in good time to wrap up for Christmas - we'll email you as soon as they're out of the kiln. Your five pieces in five hours are: Big beautiful mug or doggy bowl A stunning tripod orb for succulent plants One of the following: a handy spoon rest, trinket or key dish, or soap dish A fabulous flower tealight holder Stylish charcuterie (or cheese) board Are you up for the challenge? Think of this as a hand-building intensive, in which you'll quickly learn a variety of essential skills to start you on your pottery journey. This is the perfect workshop for keen beginners, or those with a little more experience - with the benefit of a highly experienced ceramics teacher guiding you through step by step. Marc will teach a variety of hand-building construction techniques and methods of surface finishing. Learn how to use natural objects, wooden stamps and rollers to create beautiful textures, as well as stencils and tissue transfers. Let your creativity flow and make each piece totally yours. |
This brilliant two-part workshop includes tuition, tools, all the clay required to make your five pieces (rolled out, ready to use), glazes, other materials and all firings. Morning tea is included. BYO lunch.
Marc Sauvage After completing his Diploma in Advanced Ceramics, Marc qualified as a teacher and subsequently taught ceramics at Southbank TAFE. With a passion for ceramic chemistry, Marc developed and manufactured his own commercial range of underglazes, Deco Colours, while also running workshops and continuing his own thriving ceramics practice. For the last fifteen years Marc has been inspiring high school students to develop their own ceramics practice as part of his school's art program. Marc is currently running our two glazing courses at the Cooroy Butter Factory pottery and loves seeing the development of skills and creativity in keen students. |
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A full refund can be provided when written notification to hello@butterfactoryartscentre.com.au is received at least 2 weeks prior to the workshop, class or event. Refunds are not provided for cancellations received after this time or non-attendance.
PREVIOUSLY
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Find your Creating Joy: Paint Pouring
with Lee Birch DATE: Saturday October 28 TIME: 1pm – 3pm COST: $120 and BFF Members $110 Are you longing to feel creative and joyful? Then you are encouraged to join in this 2 hour fun filled workshop which is devoted to playing and experimenting with vibrant acrylic paint. No prior experience with art or painting is required. Everything you need is within you and all art supplies will be provided. We will use premixed paints to create some colourful take home art. You will be guided to start the workshop in a calm relaxed state through either a guided meditation or sound bowls. From this state of tranquility you will be encouraged to bring out your inner artist using a liquid (or pour) painting style. The workshop will be relaxed with great music, (for surely art is music and music is art). All artists, whether they know it or not create from a place of inner stillness, a place of no mind.—Eckhart Tolle Please bring along an apron to protect your clothes! |
About Lee Birch
Lee loves creating vibrant art. Art found Lee 2 years ago after she moved to Cooroy from 40 minutes to the south. Lee found creativity, beginning with pour art, increased her energy levels dramatically. And so she continued to paint, experimenting with different techniques and drawing on her inner guidance to direct her approach and artwork. Lee was born and raised in Queensland, moving to Maroochydore from Brisbane as a 22 year old. Her passion for language, human behaviour and sociology led to her teaching English and SOSE at coast (and Canberra) high schools, and working in corporate settings in facilitation and staff development, followed by undertaking many courses in holistic health in order to learn about healing. Lee brings a wealth of warmth, enthusiasm and lightheartedness to her workshops. Past attendees have said: “It was so much fun” “I feel that Lee’s art classes are very therapeutic for the soul”. |
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The Art of Nerikomi
with Lee Berryman DATE: Saturday October 21 and Sunday October 22 TIME: 10am – 3pm both days COST: $285 and BFF members $275 If you're interested in exploring something different in your ceramic practice, this very special workshop with Lee Berryman features the traditional Japanese technique of Nerikomi, in which hand-coloured clay is thinly sliced and joined (laminated). Cutting across the grain of laminated clays exposes an infinite variety of random patterns, which are an integral part of the clay body and not a surface effect. The patterning can be precise and detailed, or may be manipulated to have movement, flow and energy. The use of the medium is only limited by the skill of the practitioner. During this two-day weekend workshop Lee will guide students from start to finish, through the processes of colouring slip to produce coloured clay, how to blend the coloured clays, how to create coloured clay patterns and blocks, and how to use the patterned blocks to create a final piece. All clay, slip, colourants and firing included. Morning tea provided both days. BYO lunch. WHAT DO I BRING? A detailed list of what you need to bring on the day will be emailed after registration. It's mostly general pottery tools and household items that you would already have. (Please check your email spam folder regularly for the email!) |
LEVEL: The workshop is suitable for all levels, but participants will gain the most from this workshop if they have some clay fundamentals. Lee Berryman Nerikomi is central to Lee's ceramic practice; she is drawn to how its exuberance and complexity is countered by the tactility, softness, fluidity and translucency of the porcelain clay she uses. A qualified teacher, Lee’s academic career includes an Associate Diploma in Ceramics, a Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in ceramics, and a Master of Advanced Studies in Ceramics from the Australian National University. Lee exhibits widely. |
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How to Build your own Kiln
with Frank and Kay Wright DATE: Saturday September 30 TIME: 10am – 2pm COST: $95 and BFF Members $85 Build a kiln for your own backyard firings! Attention all lovers of raku, naked raku and saggar fired wares! If you’re fascinated by the beautiful effects of atmospheric firing and want to know how to build a kiln to rapid fire treasures in your own backyard, here’s your chance to get all the information you need during an actual kiln construction on site at the Butter Factory Pottery Studio. Experienced kiln builder Frank Wright and passionate saggar-firer Kay Wright are your hosts for this four-hour demo and have a wealth of information and expertise to impart on the building and firing processes. Frank and Kay will show you in real time all the steps needed to build a kiln from start to finish, using materials easily obtained locally. You’re welcome to ask as many questions as you like, take part in the construction for some hands-on learning and film any part of the demo. In addition, you’ll be provided with full written instructions to take home. |
This informative workshop will also detail how to source the best type of burner and where to find a registered fitter so you can start firing as soon as possible. This is the start of your raku and saggar firing adventures!
If you’re an aspiring atmospheric firer who’d like to attend with your kiln-building buddy, once registered please email: bfac.potterystudio@gmail.com for information on how this can happen. Morning tea provided. BYO lunch. |
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Elementals of pottery
with Dennis Forshaw DATE: Saturday September 9 TIME: 10am – 3pm COST: $160 BFF Members $150 Hands-on experience and skill-building for beginners on the wheel with an expert in his field! If you’re just starting out on your wheel throwing adventure this five-hour hands-on workshop with Dennis Forshaw will point you in all the right directions. Don’t be deterred by the fact Dennis is a master potter – he’s the perfect person to set you on the path of good habits and practices! You will spend the day practising and learning at the wheel in a small group environment while Dennis monitors, responds individually and guides you in the specific skills and techniques on which his own lifelong practice is founded. This is a rare chance to work with a professional ceramicist and glean all the insider tips and tricks to throwing well. This workshop is also suitable for those with more experience who want to improve their practice. This will be a popular workshop so please book in early! Includes clay and morning tea. BYO lunch. |
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Slip Casting with Porcelain
with Julie Maddocks DATE: Saturday August 5 TIME: 10:00am - 3:00pm COST: $125 or $115 BFF members SLIP: liquid clay, which is carefully prepared to a fine, smooth quality and poured into moulds If you love delicate objects, traditional shapes and the translucence of fine porcelain you will be intrigued by this unusual workshop with experienced practitioner Julie Maddocks. This is an opportunity to learn how to create porcelain work yourself from home and set up your own unique in-house studio. Or just relax and enjoy the day as you create using one of the finest and most beautiful materials available. Julie will provide slip ready-made and teach you how to prepare the mould, as well as initiate you into the fine art of pouring to achieve the smoothest result. Once your piece is ready to unmould, you’ll decorate your work with a variety of mark-marking techniques such as incising, carving, hole making, attaching, adding coloured clay by inlaying, impressing with lace, or using stencils. All the techniques will be demonstrated. This workshop includes the firing of your finished piece at the Cooroy Butter Factory Pottery. Your unique piece will be available for pick up within three weeks of the workshop date. |
Julie Maddocks Julie’s fascination with porcelain started over thirty years ago, starting with porcelain onglaze, graduating to slip casting and making her own moulds. With a life-long love of art, she holds workshops and classes in a variety of disciplines from her gallery in Ipswich, QLD. She has had success in numerous QLD competitions and is also a regular art judge at the EKKA and the Gold Coast Show. |
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Seas & Skies: Charcoal for Beginners and Enthusiasts with Shyanne Clarke DATE: Saturday July 29 TIME: 10:00am - 3:00pm COST: $135 or $125 BFF members Let’s dive into the fundamentals of charcoal and explore your mark making style in a full day workshop with Shyanne Clarke. Using seas and skies as our subject, build the confidence to use charcoal as part of your art practice. Whether you are a very beginner or charcoal enthusiast, there will be something for you in this workshop to learn and enjoy. This workshop will cover: Charcoal fundamentals Characteristics of waves and clouds Creating a dynamic composition Drawing technique Artwork application and mark making techniques Finishing a piece and how to store it. Advanced techniques like soy milk, ink, acetone. You will leave the workshop with 2 finished artworks and the confidence to keep building your own pieces at home. Please bring: Willow charcoal (thick & thin) Jumbo compressed charcoal Kneadable eraser Mono Tombow eraser (Best brand here) |
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Hinterland Raku Firing
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Carol will include glazes and provide pots for $10 each if you don't make your own.
Please note early start. Morning tea included. Please BYO lunch. Carol Watkins Carol has been making pots for 16 years and specialises in alternative and atmospheric firing, including raku, naked raku and saggar. She is drawn to its quick, exciting and unpredictable process, which can give rise to spectacular results. |
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Freedom & Fun: Working with Big Brushes
with Lizzie Connor DATES: Saturday June 24 TIME: 10.00am - 3.00pm COST: $140 or $130 BFF Members In this workshop, Lizzie Connor will guide you through the process of using strong and decisive brush strokes from your shoulders and elbows to create large and bold paintings. Working with big brushes is a great way to loosen up your work; rather than getting stuck on the finer details. Throughout the session, you will develop brush skills and mark making techniques specific to big brushes. |
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Altering Forms: the art of throwing larger vessels with Dennis Forshaw DATE: Saturday June 17 TIME: 10am - 3pm COST: $165 or $155 BFF members This is a not-to-be-missed opportunity to observe and learn directly from master potter Dennis Forshaw, whose renowned stunning wheel-thrown work, altered forms and perfected technique are the result of mindset, consistency and pure talent. Dennis will teach first by demonstration (learning by proximity: the traditional observational relationship to the artist by an apprentice) and will then invite you into practising his techniques (learning kinaesthetically). He will then gently launch and guide you towards creating the larger forms he specialises in: working with two vessels or more to make a larger piece. Dennis will teach his precise methods from start to finish. Learn the correct posture and handholds, how to join more than two vessels in five different ways, how to firm the clay body and turn the perfect foot ring. Be ready to let go of any preconceptions and habituated methods and come with a mind wide open for learning. Students are welcome to film any aspect and are encouraged to ask questions at any point. Dennis talks as he works, describing the reasons for his approach and uses this interaction as a valuable teaching. |
Suitable for intermediate to advanced potters, but early career potters are most welcome. Exposure to Dennis’s techniques will be of immense benefit to all those who seek improvement. Clay included. Morning tea provided. BYO lunch.
Dennis Forshaw With more than 30 years at the wheel behind him, professional potter, teacher and mentor Dennis Forshaw is known both internationally and at home. His large vessels follow formal design elements which are metamorphic in essence, generating powerful visual and emotional impacts in the viewer. Creating works that speak for themselves is central to Dennis’s process. His mastery of glaze and its relationship to form, space, and light is the result of 20 years of research and testing. |
On Fire: Winter Raku
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Carol Watkins
Carol has been making pots for 16 years and specialises in alternative and atmospheric firing, including raku, naked raku and saggar. She is drawn to its quick, exciting and unpredictable process, which can give rise to spectacular results. WEAR long pants, long sleeved shirts, closed-in shoes and bring a mask. SUITABLE for all levels, even those with no pottery experience. Morning tea provided. BYO lunch. |
