Ceramics with Kevin Andrew Morris Short Course

Program Overview

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This evening course has been designed to allow participants to develop projects with guidance and demonstration from the tutor. Throughout the duration of the course, you will be introduced to several different techniques used to create ceramics. Techniques include hand building, mould making, casting and finishing techniques.

Program Outline

At the start of this 6-week course you will be taught the foundations of clay, clay bodies and clay preparation. You will explore a series of hand building techniques such as pinching, coiling and slab building. Through these techniques you will experiment with shaping, building, and adapting different forms whilst developing your understanding of clay.

You will be taught how to make clay stamps by carving plaster, a process that will allow you to test indenting different designs or textures into clay. Following this you will be introduced to a variety of mould making techniques.

Firstly, you will be invited to create a one-piece plaster mould in the form of a simple ‘drop out mould’. This can be achieved using a simple found object, sourced independently.

Secondly, you will be invited to learn two separate techniques called ‘Press Moulding’ and ‘Hump Moulding’ both of which will be introduced via demonstration.

Thirdly, you will be introduced to slip casting, a technique whereby a mixture of clay and water is poured into a mould made of plaster.

Lastly, you are invited to learn the how to decorate your work using finishing techniques such as inlay, incising, sgraffito stencils, slip trailing, combing, marbling or agateware and glazing.

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Learning Methods

This course will be delivered on campus from 18:45 – 20:45 every Wednesday for 6 weeks.

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Activity Summary

Minimum of 8 students, maximum of 10 in the group

12 hours of teaching in total over 6 evenings, 18:45 – 20:45

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Independent Study

This course allows participants to develop independent projects with both guidance and demonstration from the tutor. Participants are encouraged to carry out research into their own personal interests to direct their projects and their own creative practice.

Participants are asked to bring a simple, found object to create a one-piece plaster mould. Details in relation to this will be discussed during the first class.

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Assessment

This course is not formally assessed.

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Staff Delivering on this Course

Often referred to as a ‘Nomadic Ceramicist’, Kevin Andrew Morris is motivated by an investigation of his own family heritage and material culture. His work engages with concepts of craft, material and place. Based in Aberdeen, Morris exhibits work both nationally and internationally, working with a range of artists, institutions, and various public projects.

Opportunities to travel, research and make work internationally are important to him as are opportunities to work locally. He considers participation and engagement an opportunity for him to  learn new skills, feeding the development of his own creative practice.

Deemouth Artist Studio - Kevin Andrew Morris

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