{"product_id":"saturday-1st-august-9am-4pm-adventurefest-pottery-workshop-garden-guardians","title":"Saturday 1st August 9am - 4pm - Pottery Workshop Garden Guardians","description":"\u003ch3 data-end=\"327\" data-start=\"262\"\u003eHandbuilding \u0026amp; Sculpting Garden Guardians with Di (Mud of Moon)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"462\" data-start=\"370\"\u003eSaturday 1st August • 9am–4pm\u003cbr data-end=\"402\" data-start=\"399\"\u003eCarys Martin Ceramics Studio, Cleveland • Redlands Coast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"617\" data-start=\"464\"\u003eSlow down and spend a full day working with clay, story, and place in this immersive handbuilding and sculpting workshop with Diane from Mud of Moon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1221\" data-start=\"882\"\u003eDi will guide you through sculptural handbuilding techniques, helping you shape form, surface, and personality into your piece. Your creation may take on the presence of a guardian, nature spirit, or character inspired by your own imagination and environment, with room to explore organic textures, expressive features, and natural motifs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1252\" data-start=\"1223\"\u003eYou’ll be guided through:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1435\" data-start=\"1253\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1327\" data-start=\"1253\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1327\" data-start=\"1255\"\u003eBuilding strong sculptural forms suitable for garden display or planting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1378\" data-start=\"1328\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1378\" data-start=\"1330\"\u003eSculpting character, texture, and surface detail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1435\" data-start=\"1379\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1435\" data-start=\"1381\"\u003eDesigning a finished piece ready for drying and firing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1604\" data-start=\"1437\"\u003eThis workshop is suitable for beginners through to experienced makers. Di’s gentle, intuitive teaching style supports both technical learning and creative exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1951\" data-start=\"1840\"\u003eAll materials and biscuit firing is included. Once complete, your work will be slow-dried and kiln-fired. Your terracotta plaque will be ready for collection in a few weeks - weather-safe and ready to gather moss and magic in the turning year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1398\" data-start=\"1291\"\u003eJoin my Makers Meet Community - The Makers Meet to see work made in previous evening class - \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/makersmeetwithcarys\/\u003cbr\u003eInstagram @themakersmeetwithcarys\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTestimonials:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo happy to have been a student of Dianes. I did not think I had it in me to create such a piece of pottery. Proud of myself. She is such a good and talented teacher plus patient. Thank you Di for encouraging me all the way. 😊\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMeet your teacher Diane - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"692\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom an early age, Diane’s world was steeped in creativity. Encouraged by her parents to explore the natural world through art, Diane developed a lifelong connection to the organic beauty of nature—a theme that continues to inspire her ceramic work today. Her mother, a self-taught printing in the traditional English style, and her father, a painter and restorer who worked on the vintage circus collection of Barnum \u0026amp; Bailey, instilled in her a deep appreciation for craftsmanship and storytelling through art.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"685\" data-end=\"1233\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessionally, Diane has spent over 21 years as a pastry chef, currently working at the Palazzo Versace on the Gold Coast, with part of her role to create show stopper displays modelled out of chocolate. Alongside her culinary career, she has spent the last eight years developing her skills in ceramics, with a particular passion for sculpture and hand-building techniques. Her daily work teaching pastry chefs sculptural techniques in chocolate has naturally deepened her understanding of form, texture, and creative teaching—skills she now brings into her clay practice.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1534\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiane’s ceramic art is heavily influenced by her Celtic heritage and a deep respect for the natural world. Themes of ancient stone circles, the Green Man, and the cycle of life and nature are woven throughout her work, reflecting her belief that we come from the earth and will one day return to it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1719\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAs she continues to work as a pastry chef, Diane is also expanding her artistic practice, blending her discipline, creativity, and love for teaching into a growing career in ceramics. 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