1st of FREE workshops email ann-mariecostello@hotmail.com to book a place, limited to 20 people. Book your place early to avoid disappointment!

Arts & Crafts Skills Exchange

Venue: National Museum Collins Barracks, Education Room
Date: Wednesday 11th January 2012 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Topic: Ceramics
Lecturer: Ann-Marie Costello
Design and make a clay tile based upon Irish Bronze Age Metalwork, exploring line, shape, texture and composition.

Areas to be covered in workshop

· properties of different clays

· equipment

· health and safety

· Literacy ;basic ceramic terms

· rolling out a clay tile

· using an art history theme to design a relief tile

· applying texture to clay using a variety of everyday objects.

Fee for materials used applies.