Pottery enthusiasts or those just wanting to try out the craft are invited to an upcoming workshop called Nerikomi: The Art of Coloured Clay.
The Art and Pottery Studio in Bundaberg East will be hosting the workshop thanks to Regional Arts Development Funding.
The event will be delivered by internationally recognised and award-winning ceramics artist Larissa Warren.
Nerikomi is a Japanese process of layering different coloured clays and then slicing through to create a pattern.
Participants will focus on how to use clays, stains, techniques and tools to create distinct patterned pieces.
The workshop is perfect for those with some previous experience of working with clay, although it is open to beginners too.
During this workshop Larissa will focus on showing students how to use coloured clay and slabs to make forms.
About Larissa’s work
Larissa is a Queensland registered art and media teacher with over 20 years of experience in developing and writing art programs, covering primary to tertiary years.
Her ceramic practice is driven by my fascination of the minerals and clays underneath, the layers of the earth and how we uncover them.
“Echoing my local landscape and using raw volcanic clays from nearby properties to my studio, here on Tamborine Mountain, Australia, I look to geological metamorphosis and histories when developing my concept,” she said.
“I like to combine organic textures, patterns and coloured clays into the surfaces of my ceramic vessels rather than use glazes.
“I do this by creating free formed nerikomi blocks of contrasting wild clays and stained porcelains, which I then inlay into the walls of my slip cast, wheel thrown and slab ware.”
Larissa said these designs were structural and not just a surface matter.
“The transformative and technical properties of my ceramic materials drive much of my practise and extends upon my passion for exploiting porcelain’s possibilities and boundaries,” she said
Nerikomi clay workshop with Larissa Warren
When: Saturday, 5 April 2025 – 10 am to 4 pm
Where: The Art and Pottery Studio, 16 Collins Street, Bundaberg East
Book: here
Finished pieces will be fired, ready for pickup in approximately three to four weeks.
The Regional Arts Development Fund (RADF) is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Bundaberg Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland.
