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Ceramic Windchimes

$260.00 $260.00
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Description
Date: Saturday 6th September  |  10:00am - 3:00pm
With Tutor: Joke Gossey


Join us for a relaxing one-day ceramic windchime workshop where you’ll shape, decorate, and assemble your own unique windchime to take home.

No experience needed! Just bring your creativity and enjoy a day of hands-on fun!

What You'll Learn:

✅ Basic hand-building techniques:
Learn how to shape and form clay using simple, beginner-friendly methods.

✅ Design and composition:
Discover how to plan and balance the visual and functional elements of a windchime.

✅ Texturing and decorating clay:
Explore tools and techniques to add texture, patterns, and personal flair to your pieces.

✅ Underglazing and surface finishing:
Learn how to apply underglazes or stains for color and expression before firing.

✅ Assembly and stringing techniques:
Put it all together by learning how to properly string and hang your ceramic pieces for both sound and style.

What You Will Create:

By the end of the workshop, you’ll have created your very own, one-of-a-kind ceramic windchime that reflects your creativity! We will fire it for you and you will have the knowledge to continue your new creative skills at home.

About Your Tutor:

Joke Gossey (pronounced “Yorker”) is a passionate pottery tutor with years of experience in ceramics. Originally from Belgium, she has been living in New Zealand for over 20 years, where she first discovered her love for pottery.

Inspired by organic forms and textures from the natural world, Joke creates functional yet expressive ceramic pieces that bring beauty into everyday life. Joke is dedicated to helping others discover the joy of working with clay.

FAQs:

Do I need experience?
Nope! Whether you're a complete beginner or have dabbled in clay and want to explore ceramics more, this workshop will guide you step by step.

What do I need to bring?

  • Apron
  • Drawing Paper and pencils
  • Everything else is provided!
Please also remember:

For health & safety in the ceramics studio: wearing closed shoes and having your hair tied back if it's long is essential. We will send you a reminder email closer to the time.

👐 Spots are limited, book now and bring your clay creations to life!

If you wish to cancel, email us at least 14 clear days before your class begins. You'll receive a full refund less an admin fee of $20 via the same payment method (e.g., credit card or Afterpay) if you cancel within this timeframe.

Unfortunately, refunds aren't available for cancellations with less than 14 days' notice, nor for missed classes within a series.

If you are required to bring specific supplies to this class you will be sent full details via email. Please make sure you keep the receive emails ticked at checkout to ensure you do not miss out on this informattion

This class will be held on campus at The Learning Connexion located at 182 Eastern Hutt Road, Lower Hutt. Specific details of where on campus your class will be held will be sent to you the week prior to the commencement of your class

All our tutors are qualified and practicing artists who are skilled in specific art forms and regularly teach to support others in their own art practices.