WORKSHOP - 21+22+23/07/23
About the workshop
This workshop will enable participants to investigate the evolution and development of figure sculpture and how the human body has been represented in throughout the ages. They will learn about the nature of the ceramic medium including modelling, carving, firing and glazing, how to use an armature and how to construct a ceramic sculpture of the human body based on their own ideas. Issues related to realism and abstraction, the body canon, aesthetics and proportion will be covered as they work towards their completed sculpture up to 60 centimetres in size.
*Ticket cost includes materials and firing fees, technical support throughout each session, a demonstration of technique to support you in creating your own designs.
Course duration: 3 classes
Meet your facilitator
Bernard Kerr has been a practicing ceramic artist for over 45 years producing both functional and sculptural work in stoneware and porcelain.
He also has an extensive background in education locally and internationally in both the tertiary and secondary fields.
His work is featured in a number of international publications, and he has authored international journal articles concerning Australian ceramics. His work is held in a number of government, private and corporate collections.
Some aspects of Bernard’s work are linked to the Western Australian landscape such as those based on the ancient, eroded rocks and landforms and the wildflowers that have evolved in them that are unique to WA.
Another line of inquiry investigates the relationships between image and object by referencing the history of painting and sculpture in the medium of ceramics.
He is interested in the genres of landscape and still-life painting and how their meaning is altered when constructed in three dimensions in the ceramic medium. In terms of sculpture, other works focus on the human figure and Issues related to realism and abstraction, the body canon, aesthetics and proportion and how the human body has been represented in throughout the ages.
Find out more about Bernard Kerr here.
Cost per session: $310PP (3 days)
Date: Friday 21 July | 6pm to 9pm + Saturday 22 July | 9am to 3pm + Sunday 23 July | 9am – 3pm
Where: Courthouse Gallery+Studio
16 Edgar Street, Port Hedland
What to bring: Water bottle, enclosed shoes, apron or old clothes, and your own lunch.
Ages: 18+
Further enquiries: Please contact Nadia, our Ceramics Coordinator, for further information nadia@thejunctionco.com.au
Bookings are essential, limited spots available.