Tutor: Jenny or Sinead
When: 7pm-9pm

EVENING Tableware Taster Session

For anyone that isn’t ready to commit to a three week class at the Kana Clay Parlour this one is a happy medium, a tad longer than a one-off this course will give you extra time to make more pieces and give you an idea of what one of our three week sessions looks like.

Its great as well as addition to one of our Mug special courses or a Tea Set class.

what you get:
- 2.5 hour tutored class
- 1 plate, 1 bowl, a salt pot and a spoon
- all materials, tools and glazes to create your mini tableware set

Where: Kana Studio, 5A Gransden Ave, E8 3QA

COURSE BREAKDOWN

While listening to a short introduction to the class, students can enjoy a selection of tea or coffee. To help you relax at the end of your week we will first start with the salt pot, teaching you simple pinching techniques. From there we will move onto more advanced techniques to create your plate, bowl and spoon.

COLLECTION

In about 3 weeks your items will be ready for collection. We will notify you by email and you can swing by the studio to collect your pieces..

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All workshop/class/course bookings are non-refundable, but we are very happy to rebook you onto a new date if you can no longer make it! If you need to change your booking, we just ask for more than one week’s notice to do so.

Tutor: Sinead, Vesna or Jenny
When: 7pm-9pm
Where: Kana Studio, 5A Gransden Ave, E8 3QA

Kurinuki is a Japanese form of hand building.
It involves using a block of clay and carving the exterior form and hollowing out the interior. This is a more sculptural way of working with clay but translates beautifully to functional ware.

Kurinuki is an instinctual and impetuous way of working with clay. Rather than symmetry and precision the emphasise is put mainly on allowing the form to evolve impulsively allowing the lines of form to reveal themselves during the making process.

Anyone can have a go regardless of experience, it’s a fun and rewarding process. Once you come with an open mind and a lust for creative output you’ll be sure to enjoy.  

This is a two hour workshop and we will be focusing on making a vessel in the first hour of the class and a bowl in the second hour. We will glaze your creations in a beautiful white glaze and we will notify you by email in three weeks once they are ready for collection.

Feel free to bring your own drinks to relax and unwind after a day at work, this is a fun workshop for people at all levels of hand building!

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All workshop/class/course bookings are non-refundable, but we are very happy to rebook you onto a new date if you can no longer make it! If you need to change your booking, we just ask for more than one week’s notice to do so.

Tutor: Sinead, Jenny or Vesna
When: 7pm-9pm

Breakfast Set Workshop

They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, why not enjoy your breakfast out of your handmade KANA set? With this course we hope each piece will bring you joy and help you start your day out right! During this one off class students will learn the basics of hand building and go home with 2 pieces.

what you get:
- two hour tutored session
- x1 bowl and 1x mug

- all materials, tools and glazes

Where: Kana Studio, 5A Gransden Ave, E8 3QA

WHAT TO EXPECT

During this class you’ll be guided through the press moulding technique to make your breakfast set.

This is a great introduction to hand building with clay and is just enough time to gain an understanding of the material and make something youll hopefully be really proud of :)

Once you have your pieces out of the mould its time to let your creativity run free!

You can decide on what shaped handle you prefer and a texture or pattern to make your set uniquely yours.

To ensure a relaxing and rewarding experience for all, the classes are kept to a minimum, 8 people per class.

After the session you will leave your pieces with us and we will process them for you i.e glaze and fire in their kiln. We will dip your pieces in a beautiful snow white glaze. They should take about 3 weeks to process we will notify you by email when they are ready for collection.

If however you would prefer to come back to glaze your mugs yourself we can book you in on the day for our student glazing workshop which takes place once a month usually on a Saturday. We can discuss this in more detail and book you in on the day :) 

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All workshop/class/course bookings are non-refundable, but we are very happy to rebook you onto a new date if you can no longer make it! If you need to change your booking, we just ask for more than one week’s notice to do so.

Tutor: Sinead, Vesna or Jenny

In this two hour workshop you will be guided through two methods of hand building - slab building and coiling technique, you can then choose which technique you would like to work with to construct your Planter.

This is a great introduction to hand building with clay and is just enough time to gain an understanding of the material and make something you'll be really proud of :)

WHAT TO EXPECT

There will be examples of both techniques finished product. Coiling and slab building are very different ways of working with clay so you can choose which you would like to explore.

I will do a detailed demonstration on both techniques.

If you choose the slab building technique we will provide some simple templates that you can use but if you have an idea of your own we can talk through what is attainable on the day :)

When you have assembled your design, then its time to let your creativity run free. You can apply a texture or pattern to make your planter uniquely yours and compliment your living space.

To ensure a relaxing and rewarding experience for all, the classes are kept to a minimum, 8 people per class.

After the session you will leave your planter with us and we will process it for you i.e glaze and fire in their kiln. We will dip it in a beautiful snow white glaze and it  should take about 4 weeks to process. We will notify you by email when it is ready for collection.

If however you would prefer to come back to glaze your planter yourself we can book you in on the day for our student glazing workshop which takes place once a month usually on a Saturday. We can discuss this in more detail and book you in on the day :) 

PRICE INCLUDES
All tuition, materials, firings and glazes

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All workshop/class/course bookings are non-refundable, but we are very happy to rebook you onto a new date if you can no longer make it! If you need to change your booking, we just ask for more than one week’s notice to do so.

Special Masterclass with Ana Kerin: Life-Drawing and Sculpture

The first in a very special new workshop series that brings together a two different threads of my creative practice, I'm so happy to invite you to an intimate evening celebrating the feminine. We’ll come together in my studio after dark, with organic wine and treats and candlelight, to work with our hands, explore different materials and mediums and create some beautiful sculptures. You don't need to have any experience at all – or – if you do, it will be a perfect opportunity for you to explore your practice further. The class is designed to encourage you to explore your creativity, technique and ways of working, and its perfect for anyone who is curious about life drawing, working with clay, sculpting and exploring organic forms.

Life drawing 

In the first hour, we will start this special workshop by observing form and shadow, drawing directly from life. Inspired by our live Studio model we will focus on sketching, teaching your eye and hand to explore organic and female forms in an artistic way with charcoal and ink. I will guide you through a range of techniques I use in my practice. No need to be "good" at drawing, so don’t worry! We’re just going to use this time to freely explore our understanding of form and weight, as inspiration for our sculptures.

Sculpture 

In the second part of the workshop, I will help you to translate your beautiful drawings into material form and we will sculpt forms from clay. We will play with two different techniques I use for my work and explore the connection between our hand and mind.

We will provide 

All materials and aprons 

Organic wine

You take home

• 1 sculpture which we will bisque fire for you (giving you the option to either leave the clay naked in echo of the form – or to come back for one of our future Glazing or Raku sessions). Your sculpture will be ready to collect in 3–5 weeks!

• all your drawings in charcoal and ink from-life figure studies to inspire future work

Where

Kana Studio, 5A Gransden Ave, E8 3QA

7 – 9.30pm 

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Images by Cara Lea – @theothercara

CANCELLATION POLICY:

All workshop/class/course bookings are non-refundable, but we are very happy to rebook you onto a new date if you can no longer make it! If you need to change your booking, we just ask for more than one week’s notice to do so.

Our gift cards can be used as full or part payment for any of our products or workshops. 

Gift cards are available in £35, £50, £85, 100, £150 and £300 and can be used online on either our products or our workshops!

Gift cards are nonrefundable and must be used within one year of the purchase date.