Clay Workshops

Student creating male clay bust
Group attending a clay workshop by Kay Bazzard
woman creating a clay head at a sculpture workshop

Kay Bazzard runs short courses and workshops that can be geared to any level of experience in working with clay. 

She also provides informal mentoring for experienced artists who wish to  develop their skills and ideas in clay

Her career background in Adult Learning - Training and Development, gives her experience in what learners/participants need in order to ensure successful results

Tuition:

This can be geared to your workshop requirements: 

  • Guest Tutor for a pottery club or pottery school, or

  • Tutor to small groups in her own well-equipped studio 

Workshops can be from 2 hours to 2 days, depending on the level of complexity. 

Workshop topics: 

  • The human torso 

  • Small figure

  • Head or bust 

  • Large standing or seated figure

  • Hand and foot

What you’ll learn:

  • Hand-building techniques in clay

  • Human anatomy, expression, likeness and proportion 

  • An understanding of how to handle wet clay and drying through to a successful bisque firing 

  • Surface texture and/or colouration processes

Contact Kay to discuss your requirements for

  • a workshop

  • tuition

  • and/or firing work in her kilns.

Writing

Engaging stories about Hawke’s Bay people and their interests

Since 2014 I’ve been writing for BayBuzz Magazine (Hawke’s Bay news and issues) with articles that primarily focus on local people, gardening and art. 

In 2020 Kay was invited to be a contributor to The Gardener’s Journal. TFJ is for readers who love gardens and essays written by knowledgeable gardeners and plant experts. It is A5 sized subscription-only journal.

BayBuzz Articles by writer Kay Bazzard

BayBuzz


The Gardener’s Journal

Gardens evolve as the owner evolves, it teaches patience and opens the mind to the lessons of nature and this is reflected in my gardening articles.

Gardening (or more accurately, creating a garden) has been a quiet passion since buying our first property in Buckinghamshire, England.

The Gardener's journal
Article on gardening by writer Kay Bazzard