Pottery Classes in Plymouth

Give the gift of creativity this Christmas. Has your loved one or friend ever wanted to experience the joy of clay. Throwing is not only technical, creative it’s also good for our emotional and physical well being.

Stuck for a Christmas gift?!?!🎁 why not buy an experience for loved ones or friends. I offer one to one, one to two or one to three sessions. I also offer a one to one, 6 week beginners course where you’ll become independent on the potters wheel. Click on the links on the website to enrol. Contact me for further details https://www.flameworks.org/home/pottery-angie-wickenden.

Visionary sculptor and painter Naum Gabo was born on this day 1890.

Gabo believed in the power of art to communicate across social and cultural boundaries. A pioneer of international Constructivism, he created work responding to the ideas, materials and technologies of the 20th century. A method known as 'stereometric construction' was central to Gabo's work, by which form was achieved through the description of space rather than the establishment of mass.

In 1920, Gabo declared: 'we take four planes and we construct with them the same volume as of four tons of mass.' In 1915-20 Gabo used this law to construct heads and figures that demonstrated this.

'Head No.2', seen here, was shown at Tate St Ives in Gabo's major exhibition in 2020. https://bit.ly/3J9JpoK

Angie Wickenden running this fab workshop. I’ll be going! Never have to buy string again.

Learn how to make a foraged plant material looped bag. Based on cordage making, this is one of the oldest technologies known. Native Australians have been weaving like this for 50K yrs as a living tradition. My own practice is inspired by experimental archaeology when I made nettle cordage to make Bronze Age potter called Trevisker which has cord impressed Decoration, for an episode of Time Team. You will never look at a ball of string in the same way again and maybe never have to buy string again. Embedded in seasonality, landscape and sustainability, this is a mindful, meditative practice which maybe help to provide tools to face the climate crisis. Various plant materials will be covered such as nettle, phormium, crocosomia, dandelion, juncus, fireweed(Chamaenerion angustifolium). To enrol follow the link https://www.flameworks.org/pottery-with-angie #

Fourteen Flameworks artists are taking part in Devon open studios in September. Come and visit us, have a tour of the studios, watch a demo, support local and buy local crafts.

Angie Fogarty Wickenden new berry basket ❤️❤️

A berry basket with a foraged hazel root handle from The handle was almost too flexible and springy. But we’ll see. As this is a 3 Rod wale construction it took me longer than previous baskets. Several different types of willow.

I’ll be running a willow birdfeeder workshop Sat August 26th at 1030 please click on link for more details I’m going to run a basketry workshop at tge end of August. Please click on the link for more details https://www.flameworks.org/willow-bird-feeder-workshop?fbclid=IwAR1msrZnkU6XQKWCJYt0jTCfaXz_p777i8UIe_WbBndrhn0-H3pkSd3yGQk_aem_AXnUj-PZixWjFoK6uRmUhDe8frYTfFE88VvDNEABscMyWSywX5alVN0WUpJ6hHK4eVY
SaturdayAugust 26th at 1030.

Willow Bird Feeder Workshop — Flameworks Plymouth • Creative Arts Facility Willow Bird Feeder WorkshopWith Angie WickendenLovely willow bird feeders; fill them with bird fat balls even garlic or seasonal items like Christmas baubles! This workshop will last 3 hours. Tuition, tools and all materials will be provided by the Tutor. The manipulation of the softened willow need...

This is my brother who is visiting me at the moment - he hasn’t brought his automatic guitar machine with him Phil Wickenden

Phil's Automatic Guitar Machine

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