36) Ceramic Decorative Articles for ages 10 and above

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About this class

Welcome to the wonderful world of clay. Bring your creativity to the fore. Experiment with shapes and colours. Make your own bracelets, key-chains and designer plates.

Class Outline

Day 1

Introduction to clay work.

Making keychains of your choice out of clay.

Day 2

Painting the keychains after firing.

Introduction to ceramic bracelets.

Day 3

Designing the ceramic bracelets using mini-modeling tools.

Day 4

Making colourful bracelets suiting your measurements.

Introduction to ceramic designer plates.

Day 5

Making plates using different techniques like image transfer, scraffito.

Day 6

Learning about underglazes and glazes and how to use them.

Day 7

Learning about new firing techniques.

Introduction to mosaic work.

Day 8

Mosaic from ceramic tiles.

Materials needed

Please note: VCUQatar reserves the right to cancel classes for which not enough participants are registered. Already paid fees will be refunded.

Please do not purchase materials until VCUQatar has sent final course confirmation.

Items to buy for this class

  • Flat synthetic bristle brushes – sizes 2 & 3

On occasions, there may be some more materials to be bought and brought in if and when advised by the instructor.

Where to buy your materials

Most of the materials are available from any art supply shop, for example:
  • Cass Art (Fire station): Community Classes students get a 15% discount upon presenting the registration ticket
  • Jarir Bookstore: on Rayyan Road or Salwa Road
  • Color Note: on Al Nasser Street
  • Ibn Al Qayyim: at Markhiya Roundabout
  • Al Rawnaq

Schedule

Start: Sat, 20 Oct, 2018
End: Sat, 8 Dec, 2018
Lessons: 8
Days: Saturdays
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: VCUQatar, Room 252
Cost: QAR 1000

Instructor

Sangeeta Deepu 150 224 80

Sangeeta Deepu

Sangeeta Deepu is a multi-faceted handicrafts professional with mastery in ceramics and leather works.

She is passionate about sharing her rewarding experience and is a dedicated teacher. Sangeeta has perfected her own unique method for making ceramic bracelets. She also make her own mosaics for decorative artwork for any space.

Sangeeta has been featured in the Gulf Times Community Sunday Conversation titled Cath’art’ic,  in the cover story Discovery via Creativity in the Qatar Tribune Supplement Chillout. Also in the Society magazine of the Gulf Times.

Register

To register for this course, access the form.