Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
Cleaning the Excess
A course by Hessa Al Ajmani , Visual Artist and Ceramicist
About the video: Cleaning the Excess
Overview
“It's time to clean the excess underglaze to reveal the lines of the imprints. Let's see how it turns out!”
In this video lesson Hessa Al Ajmani addresses the topic: Cleaning the Excess, 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
“In this lesson, we're going to be wiping off the excess underglaze that we've just painted on to reveal the final imprints. And this part is so exciting to see. So to do that, I just need a sponge and some clean water. What I like to do first is just Dab the sponge onto the underglaze just to rehydrate it a bit. And then one thing you want to keep in mind is always use a clean spot on the sponge rather than wiping it off. And the motion I'm going to use to wipe it off is always into the imprint rather than outside because we want to avoid staining the rest of the mug. One wipe. Turn your sp...”
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Course summary for: Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware
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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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