Induction to Open Studio

Join this session before your first Open Studio booking

Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio

5.0 (209)

30 mins

1 to 10 Free

What you'll do

Join this free 20-30min induction to our studio before you book into your first Open Studio session.

This induction will equip you with the knowledge to use Open Studio with confidence.
You will learn about studio processes and procedures related to workflow in the space, as well as health and safety in the studio.

There will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss booking teacher consultation times for special projects.

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Knowledge required

To participate in Open Studio, you will need basic foundation skills in wheel and/or hand building and an understanding of studio processes and procedures so you are able to practise and continue to improve your making skills without teacher direction/input.

What you'll get

Knowledge about:

Studio processes (prep, clean-up, clay recycle).
Types of clay available.
Equipment and tools available to Open Studio students.
What you can bring.
Tool kits.
Safety practices in the studio.
Where and for how long you can store your work in progress.
How you can get your work fired
How to book into project consultation times with teachers.

What to bring

Clean apron.
Closed shoes (essential)

Location

Bondi Pavilion, Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach NSW

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Your teacher

Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio

5.0 (209)

Located at iconic Bondi Beach, Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio nurtures creativity, wellbeing and community through clay.

The Studio is run by Agatha Pupaher and Leanne Berelowitz in partnership with Waverley Council. Agatha co-founded and currently manages Sydney Clay Studio, a creative space and kiln firing service in St Peters. Agatha is a ceramic artist and educator who is passionate about sharing her love of clay. Leanne has a BFA in ceramics and glass from Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem and a Master of Cross-disciplinary Art and Design from UNSW Art and Design, Sydney. She has been teaching ceramics for 15 years. Both Leanne and Agatha are practising ceramic artists who exhibit their work in group and collaborative exhibitions. In addition, they have both worked in former careers; Agatha, as a child and family psychologist, and Leanne, as a registered nurse. They value each other’s transferable skills and expertise in working with people of all ages, and draw on them for their art teaching.

Agatha and Leanne value deep learning and making, and aim to help students create space to pause, reflect and reconnect with themselves, each other, and nature. Hands, head and heart working together to bring ideas to life. They teach the classes along with a small team of passionate tutors and ceramic artists who share a similar slow approach to creating/working with clay. While pottery/ceramics is about making things, their teaching approach is to initially fixate less on the outcome, and focus on building skills and developing techniques through creative exploration.

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