Sampler Class – Wheel throw, Hand build + Stencil – Nyonya Kuih Board Edition

Multiday, 22/11/2024 - 29/11/2024

Venue

Clay Expression Lot 757, No. 5 Block C, Jalan Subang 3, 47610 Subang Jaya

Entrance Fee

RM230

Category

Hobbies & Special Interests

Event Type

Class, Course, Training or Workshop

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Schedule

DateTime
22/11/20249:30 AM - 11:30 AM
24/11/20249:30 AM - 11:30 AM
29/11/20249:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sampler Class – Wheel throw, Hand build + Stencil – Nyonya Kuih Board Edition

Experience the best of both worlds in our ‘Sample It All’ pottery class. Try your hand at wheel throwing to create cups, and dive into the art of hand building as you craft a dessert/kuih board. To add a personal touch, paint and stencil your Nyonya inspired design using coloured slips.

Nyonya design, also known as Peranakan or Straits Chinese design, is a distinctive and vibrant artistic style that originated from the Peranakan communities in Southeast Asia. Generally Nyonya designs comprises of geometric and floral motives.

The class features a one-hour wheel throwing session followed by a one-hour hand building and painting session.

In this class, you will learn:
1) prepare clay by wedging;
2) wheel throw cups on the potter’s wheel;
3) hand build a desert/ kuih board using slabs of clay;
4) stencil designs on to your works (or choose to have the works glazed by us);
5) take home 1 cup and 1 desert/ kuih board (total up to 2 pieces) of self-made pottery.

Prerequisite

No prerequisite. Beginner Friendly.

Syllabus

2 HoursMaking cups on the potter's wheel. Hand build a desert/ kuih board plus silk screen your designs using coloured slips.

Materials Included

Clay“Free-flow” of clayGlazing & FiringGlazing and firing by Clay Expression. Student to take home 1 cup and 1 desert plate of fired items. Fired items ready to be collected 4 weeks after the class. * Delivery option available