Experience & Testimonials
Worcester Arts Workshop - Children's art tutor for ages 5 to 11 years. Exploring and experimenting in art techniques and medium, including acrylics, collage, multi-media, oil pastels.
Covid lockdown - virtual art follow along art videos.
Arts and Wonder creative partnership
Children's classes, after-school art clubs, weekend and holiday workshop, Ceramics Club ages 5+ and Advanced Pottery for Youth 10+. Children's Half-term workshops exploring Heraldry art and stained glass inspiration in art. Printmaking, 3D sculpture, Canvas Art, Time travel sculpture – Aztecs and Egyptians and Pottery Experience – for firing and using the wheel. Pop Art – using pattern, collage and paint on canvas in style of Warhol, Blake and Liechtenstein, Halloween craft fun, Shadow and silhouette art, Environmental diorama, Jungle animal clay sculpture, Ceramic and mixed-media for children. Examples, canvas, papier mâché, mod-rock and themed projects, e.g. equine, artist inspiration, time travel, jubilee, animals, music, terracotta warriors, canopic jars, totem poles, Acrylic Antics – pouring and scraping paint. Ceramic experience – various techniques. Printmaking.
Adults evening ceramics and pottery - an evening class exploring hand-building, pottery wheel, decoration and texture. For beginners to intermediate learners, to share the joy of ceramics. Attendees could follow projects provided or be assisted to create their own ideas. A chance to engage in a new activity and explore using a variety of different clays and techniques and decorating using slips, glazes and textures.
Adults pop-up workshops - Adults ceramic pop-up workshops for adults Cake stand workshop at Emporium no13. Ceramic Christmas decorations at RPW
Family arts and creativity - pop-up events aimed at families to spend quality and creative time together immersed in a joint project that could be taken home to treasure and make memories. Projects include:
Family Canvas Art - completing a large painted and mixed media canvas together, each adding their own style unique to their family. Participants were invited to bring along any items of particular sentimental significance to their families to include in the project.
Christmas gifts workshop - families or groups of special friends were invited to hand-make items to gift to their loved ones from a range of projects. These included: Christmas crackers, ceramic decorations painting, decoupage, mini painted canvases, tealight holders.
Mother's Day - a chance for people to spend quality and creative time with their mum or someone who is like a mother to them, making a beautiful ceramic bowl with melted glass.
Christmas Decorations Sparkle - a festive workshop embellishing white ceramic stars and festive shapes with wire, beads and bells to make a unique addition for a loved ones Christmas tree.
Community events
Worcester Show - providing quality and immersive creative activities to all attendees of any age who can participate and creating something to take home and treasure as a memory of the day. Activities are along the theme of that year's show, participants could follow guides to creating their items whilst learning about the themes too in fun and engaging way. Previous themes include:
Celebrating Worcester's River - making swans and fish with airdrying clay and adding embellishments.
The Queen's Jubilee and 20 years of Harry Potter - Pottery painting premade ceramic bisque shapes.
I Grew Up in the 80's - Decorating iconic 80s shaped pottery bisque shapes.
Prehistoric! - Fossil hunting in sandpits and creating airdrying clay plaques of their finds.
St Peters Festival - providing immersive crafts for visitors to participate, using air-dry clay along the theme of Community! Visitors made airdrying clay model boats and botanicals that linked the history of the local ward to the community.
High Hopes Dog Rescue - supporting a local dog rescue charity event, selling dog themed ceramics
Unison NHS - providing staff recognition and investiment in mental well-being to hard working NHS staff at away-days and funded terms of ceramics courses in Worcester, Evesham and Redditch. Projects included Ceramic tiles and coasters. Ceramic coiling characters.
Plates and coasters, slips and sgraffito.
Claines Parish Church and Village of Claines - Jubilee celebrations Claines, Shared canvas painting to display in the village community. Depicting landmarks of area and celebrating Queen Elizabeth II.
Sight Concern, Worcestershire - a local charity providing invaluable support to individuals and families living with sight loss. Art and ceramic activities were delivered to assist participants wellbeing - all being of a textured and sensory nature. Projects:
Sight Concern Art and Craft Group at Worcester Museum and Art Gallery - Modroc canvas.
Sight Concern Eye Play Family Group at Bradbury Centre - Ceramics throwing and coiling.
Sight Concern - Waddle of Worcester. Assisting with creating clay embellishments to be added to a fibre-glass penguin figure to be placed on public display.
STEAMFest - at The Hive. Showcasing the 'A' for art through ceramics with interactive activities and links to science with ceramics quiz.
Public Exhibitions of Students Work
Two-week exhibition at Royal Porcelain, Worcester celebrating the achievements of the Youth Ceramics Club over several terms of classes with themed ceramics works.
Two-week exhibition at The Hive, Worcester, showcasing themed ceramics from the Queen's Jubilee project entitled Handbags, Crowns and Corgis. Plus other animal and music sculptures.
Two-week exhibition at The Hive, Worcester, showcasing ceramic jungle wall masks and fish bowls and clocks.
Public Exhibitions of own work
Enough to See- exhibition at Bevere Art Gallery.
Women Who, Worcestershire. Commended Award.
Locations of work: Worcester Cathedral, Royal Porcelain Works, Bevere Art Gallery, Worcester Museum and Art Gallery, Worcester City Council, Worcester Show. Sight Concern Worcestershire. St Georges Barbourne. Ombersley Methodist Church. The Hive, Worcester.