THURSDAY 24TH & FRIDAY 25TH JULY
9:30AM -3:00PM
Collaborative sculpture

Fran and Faye invite young artists (5–11 years old) to work together to build a magical summer garden sculpture! Inspired by the flowers, insects, trees, and creatures around us at Rochester

Square, kids will explore clay techniques and contribute their own unique pieces to a large, collaborative sculpture.

Day 1

• 9.30 Drawing, games, and getting to know each other

• 10.00 Exploring garden inspiration: what grows, crawls, and blooms

• 10.30 Clay games to learn pinch, coil, and slab techniques

• 11.00 Snack time and visiting the chickens

• 11.30 Sketching ideas and planning the garden sculpture

• 12.00 Lunch time

• 12.45 Begin building the garden base: soil, stones, and structure

• 1.30 Afternoon break

• 1.50 Start adding large elements: flower stems, trees, pathways

• 2.30 Everyone helps to clean up

Day 2

• 9.30 Drawing and garden games

• 10.00 Adding details: flowers, bugs, birds, and hidden treasures

• 10.30 Creative challenge: add something surprising to the garden!

• 11.00 Snack time and visiting the chickens

• 11.30 Decorating with slip, carving textures, and painting details

• 12.00 Lunch time

• 12.45 Final touches and naming the sculpture as a group

• 1.30 Afternoon break

• 1.50 Clay games and a garden sculpture walk-through

• 2.30 Everyone helps to clean up

Frances Gibson is a London-based ceramicist and illustrator.

www.francesgibsonart.com

Faye Macaree is a creative facilitator and practitioner.

Minimum class size is 6 people, if we don’t reach a minimum number of participants we will cancel the class and issue a full refund. Unfortunately, we cannot refund classes with less than a 2-week notice. All our teachers have been DBS checked.