Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
Attaching the Components, Finishing Touches, and Firing
A course by Hessa Al Ajmani , Visual Artist and Ceramicist
About the video: Attaching the Components, Finishing Touches, and Firing
Overview
“To end this unit, I will demonstrate how to assemble the components you prepared, using the score-and-slip technique, to create the mug. Then, I will briefly cover the essential step of bisque firing and how you can work with your own local pottery studios to do this.”
In this video lesson Hessa Al Ajmani addresses the topic: Attaching the Components, Finishing Touches, and Firing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware. Learn how to create handmade ceramic pieces and embellish them by adding natural botanical imprints.
Partial transcription of the video
“Attaching the Components, Finishing Touches and Firing In this lesson, I'll be scoring and slipping the edge of the wall and attaching it to the base. After that, I'll clean up the seam on the inside, thin down the lip of the mug, and attach the handle. Let's remember that we need to score the bottom edge of the mug. I still have my piece laid down upside down. I'll be scoring this edge right here using my scoring tool. Move this piece to the side and do the same thing to the base. Flip it over and we will be scoring this side. Since my base is larger than the diameter of my wall, I'm going...”
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Course summary for: Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
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Accessory Design, Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Design, DIY, Fine Arts
Hessa Al Ajmani
A course by Hessa Al Ajmani
Hessa Al Ajmani is a visual artist and ceramicist based in Ajman. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in visual arts and a minor in applied psychology from Zayed University. Her practice as an artist is heavily influenced by curiosity of human psychology and observation of the natural world. She has collaborated with brands like Audemars Piguet, Valentino, and Mille, and has been featured in Vogue Arabia and Marie Claire Arabia
In 2019, Hessa founded Clay Corner Studio, the first public arts studio in Ajman dedicated to ceramics and painting, where she currently teaches regular ceramics classes. Her work has been exhibited in a number of exhibitions, including Emirates Fine Arts Society’s Annual Exhibition. Hessa was twice a runner-up for ADMAF’s Creativity Award (2015-2016), and the first place winner of CDA’s Human Rights Short Film Competition (2014).
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