SCULPTURE WORKSHOP AND CLAY SCULPTURE COURSES WITH JAN SWEENEY A.R.B.S

Jan is not only a world renowned wildlife artist she is an experienced and enthusiastic teacher.
Jan has her own method of creating the bronze sculptures which have sold all over the world but has the flexibility to help you develop your own signature methods and style.
You want to make a sculpture, There is an artist inside you. You have the idea and your have the creative urge. But how do you get from our creative idea to the dramatic piece on your sideboard or your terrace. No, it isn't easy, but it is easier than it looks, and it is hugely exciting and satisfying. A course in Jan Sweeney's sculpture workshop will give you the key to unlock that world.

Ceramic Sculpture

This course is offered over a choice of 2 or 5 days. The purpose of the course is produce your own finished clay sculpture. Participants will learn how to work with clay and in particular how to build up the shape working with hollow forms as opposed to solid clay. Jan is one of the few artists to use this method. The advantage is that it produces a light model which is easy to work with, needs no complex system of support or wires and crucially is much easier and quicker to fire the clay sculpture in a kiln.
Some may want to take the clay sculpture home as it is, others may want to fire the clay sculpture which can be done by agreement still others may want to use their clay sculpture as the first step in casting in bronze.

Workshop for Producing a Wax for casting.

This sculpture workshop is available over 5 days. You will be helped to understand the principles of casting and the way that artists and foundries work together. Many artists leave everything to the foundry after creating the original sculpture in wax or clay. You will learn how to do that. How to create an initial sculpture. How to make a mould and how to produce a hollow wax ready for the foundry.

Bed and breakfast accommodation is available in the locality.

Sculpture workshop and clay sculpture courses cost £75 per day, which include lunch. Maximum of 4 people. Materials at cost.

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