Visual Arts Club will be offered at Waverley as a Summer activity for students from Years 5-12. It will commence Term 4, Week 2, 2024.
Visual Arts Club provides an opportunity for students to build skills in critical and creative thinking. This summer, students will be introduced to: Wheel throwing and marbled slabs
Each student will be introduced to the fundamental skills required for wheel throwing: Throwing, trimming and glazing. Learning to centre clay, trimming bases to add a foot and layering brush on glazes will be explored throughout the course. Students will use a midfire clay and have access to as much clay as needed for them to understand the throwing process and create 2-3 final works reflective of their skills.
Each Ceramicist will also experiment with marbling black and white clay to create tonal value and pattern in a series of slab works. These pieces will be constructed using the slab roller and slump moulds to form usable shapes and vessels.
In Visual Arts Club students will:
- Develop knowledge in Ceramics: Creating, firing and glazing works
- Understand the Wheel throwing process. Throwing, trimming and glazing
- Learn marbling techniques in clay
Cost: $130.00
Materials: all materials will be supplied
Session times: select ONE from the following:
Natalie Oates – Head of Visual Arts
noates@waverley.nsw.edu.au
