It’s that time of year! The third years are working their socks off as they’re getting ready for their degree show. Exciting, tiring, scary, but full-filling time of year for the group. Can’t wait to see the results!

I had the pleasure of working with the third year illustration students at Ulster University this week for the first workshop in a 3-week series on working with clay. I started by giving an introduction to my practice using object illustration, and this helped lead into a making session where the students are to either work with narratives I have suggested, or work with an existing project that clay may lend itself nicely to.

By showing the students two different handbuiling techniques and discussing how the material changes during different stages of the process, the students were able to make a vastly varied body of work. The objects will be fired after the weekend, ready for the second session.