Have a go at throwing on the pottery wheel with air-drying clay and create your own festive Christmas tree.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn the basics of wheel throwing using air-dry clay, guiding the clay into the shape of a Christmas tree. Once your tree is formed, you’ll add decorative marks and effects.
Your finished piece will be ready to take home at the end of the workshop, once dried you can add your own finishing touches with paint and enjoy it as part of your Christmas decorations.
No previous wheel-throwing experience is needed - just come along and have a go!
Meet the Artist
Michelle Shields is a ceramicist whose practice explores the intersection of materiality, machines and the possibilities that emerge when digital and traditional making converge. Driven by curiosity and experimentation, she combines hand-building, throwing, 3D printing and robotic processes with traditional ceramic techniques, continually testing materials through making and remaking.
A graduate of the Royal College of Art, London, Michelle has exhibited internationally, including at the European Ceramic Context in Bornholm, Denmark, and her work is held in public and private collections. During a residency at The Burton Art Gallery and Museum in Bideford, she explored the dialogue between digital processes and traditional ceramics through the museum’s collection of Harvest Jugs.
Alongside her digital practice, Michelle is developing a wood-fired rocket kiln to explore terracotta slipware with sustainable approaches to firing. Her work embraces technology as a way to extend the possibilities of clay, connecting innovation, craft and our relationship with the natural world.
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