For three hours we meet in the studio and explore the possibilities of clay.
After an introduction to various techniques for hand building (slab building, coiling and thumbing), I show you the basic grips of wheelthrowing, and then you create freely based on your own wishes and ideas.
Time at the wheel is about 1 hour per person, and if you want, I will help you with the centering, which is usually the most difficult part.
We use stoneware clay that can withstand both dishwasher and microwave oven, and after the products have dried, I fire and glaze them in a beautiful, white glaze. The products are then ready to be picked up after about 4-6 weeks. (Or, if agreed, I can send them to a shipping fee.)
- Tutorial
- 1 kg of clay per person
- glazing
- two firings (Bisque firingand glace firing)
- tea/coffe and a cake
Have you ever felt the frustration that time never seems to be enough, and that what gets stepped on is always what you really want to do, what makes you feel your best and energizes you?
I have always felt at my best when I got to be creative and create in different forms - painting, drawing, singing, writing, cultivating, decorating, baking, sculpting... Still, these are the things that usually end up last on my list of priorities for a large part of my adult life, and I think there are too many with me.
However, during a “try-on-night” in clay in 2017, something was awakened in me - partly I found clay as a material, but also a realization that I needed to give space to my creative needs in order to feel good. I came home with a sense of satisfaction that I had not felt for a long time, and decided there and then to get my own ceramic kiln. The fact that clay became the medium of creation was thus more or less a coincidence, although it has always appealed to me because it is both versatile and wayward.
One gave way to the other, and after 25 years as a teacher, in autumn 2019 I made the leap and started Made by Pihl, with the vision to make room for that creative power for myself as well as for others.
My goal is to create sustainable and unique utility products and art for the design and quality conscious, and at the same time inspire and give space for more people to create for themselves.
Warmly welcome here!
/Linda Pihl