Creative with Clay - Coiling & Botanical Vases - Workshop

Name: Creative with Clay - Coiling & Botanical Vases - Workshop
Start: 2025-08-31T10:30:00+01:00
Location: The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey

Schedule

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025 at 10:30 am

UTC+01:00

Location

The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey | Cambridge, EN

Sunday 31 August 10.30 am – 4.00 pm
£95 including tea/coffee & biscuits throughout, all materials & use of equipment on the day, glazing, firing and returning of pieces to the Farmland Museum.
Price also includes the biscuit firing of all pieces and subsequent glazing in your chosen colours and final glaze firing – work will be delivered back to the Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey or can be collected from our Blended Monkey studios.
You’ll spend the morning of this relaxing & creative session learning how to create a piece of your own design using the coiling method – a very meditative and mindful process.
After lunch you'll go on to create two large botanical/your own design vases using the slab and sprig method – you can bring along your own botanicals (grasses, flowers etc.) from your gardens or surroundings if you wish, but I will bring along enough for everyone in any case.
This method of making with clay uses rolled slabs which are cut to size, botanicals pressed in and then vases created using a former.
The pieces can be simple or elaborate. I will show you how to attach “sprigs” to the finished vases to create extra 3D effects if required.
The whole procedure will be explained from start to finish by me and also with the aid of real-time footage on a large screen showing each step up close.
I will then take all the pieces back to my Blended Monkey studios in Upwell where, once dry, I will glaze them in your chosen colours and fire them. The pieces will be returned to the Farmland Museum for collection or you can collect them from our Blended Monkey studios.
The workshop is taking place at the lovely Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey.
Their fabulous Docky Box Tearoom has some truly scrumptious food to tempt you at lunchtime - plenty of yummy treats, so you won't go hungry. Remember to pre-order your meal when you arrive.
This would make a fabulous CRAFTY GIFT for someone - so drop us a line and we can post out to you/the recipient a complimentary personalised gift certificate for this experience🎁
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 07417 522366
Book: https://www.blendedmonkey.co.uk/product-page/creative-with-clay-workshop-farmland-museum-31-august-2025

Address of the Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey: Ely Rd, Waterbeach, Cambridge CB25 9PQ