Porcelain Flowers w/ Ruth Ju-Shih Li

Join us for this exclusive workshop guided by the internationally renown ceramicist - Ruth Ju-Shih Li. The workshop will emphasise on meticulous and detailed flower making techniques while exploring local porcelain as a material. You will learn different hand- forming, press moulding and assembling techniques as well as a foundation in flower making skills. You will also have the opportunity to use and experiment with the artist’s press molds and elaborate on the techniques taught while being guided to create your own floral forms to demonstrate your new found skills and knowledge.

DATE & TIME:

• SAT 13th September / 10am – 3pm (30 min Lunch Break)

EXPERIENCE LEVEL:  Beginner - Advanced (All skill levels are welcome)

Who is Ruth Ju-shih Li?

Ruth Ju-shih Li is a Taiwanese-Australian artist whose works draw on her myriad of cultural and spiritual heritage. Her ephemeral practice presents actions of personal reflection, giving form to Li’s deeply personal meditations through fine porcelain and intricate raw clay installations. Her work is a celebration of renewal, natural cycles of life and the gradual progression of time. Speaking in the universal language of flowers, these chimerical microcosms of organic forms are autobiographical, yet mirror and extend onward to consider the fleeting and transitory nature of the human condition. Building on this fascination, and informed by her interest in articulating the complexities of her cultural identities, Li draws inspiration from the language of dreams, myths and of utopia in order to examine cultural confluences as an inclusive language in to the spiritual. Li divides her time between her studio in Sydney, her birth city Taipei and her ancestral homeland of China - where her second studio is based in the porcelain city of Jingdezhen.

In this workshop you will learn;

• Flower making techniques I, II and III.
• How to use plaster press molds 
• Demonstrations on advanced flower making techniques (wisteria and chrysanthemum flower)

• Time to experiment and elaborate on newly acquired skills and techniques

• Unique flower assembling techniques.

What's Included;

• Professional guidance & demonstrations
• Access to unique press molds
• Tools & Materials
• Porcelain clay
• Your piece will be firing by the studio

What to bring;

• Pen & notepad
• Lunch or a snack (The studio is equipped with a large kitchen with a fridge, toaster & microwave)

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Note: Firing takes roughly 2 weeks. We will then email you when they are ready for collection. If you do not return to pick up your pottery within a month of the pickup date, we'll donate it to those in need in our community.