What’s it all about?
Air-Dry Clay is a natural earth clay which air-dries to a hard solid without using an oven or kiln. You can use it to make all sorts of items from sculptures to home decor. In these classes we’ll be playing with clay to create our own little trinket plates and decorative items.
What will we cover?
We’ll be learning:
- Week 1 -First class: how to use air dry clay, tips and tricks for home use, how to make trinket plates or ring holders, embossing/ texturing and if you are up for it you can even try sculpting more complicated things.
- Week 2 -Second class: Once our creations have fully dried we will learn about painting clay and different finishing options to make your creations more durable or waterproof .
Who will be teaching?
Maria Yebra has crafted many cute and weird things in her life from fox hoodies to bias tape planters, wax skulls and cat rings. She loves to upcycle and has an extensive collection of loved “junk” she plans to turn into something useful one day. In addition to crafting, she also has a passion for cooking and baking, light painting, Spanish shoes and running Laneway Learning.
Clare MacDonald is all sorts of crafty, specially with upcycled materials. She has always been an avid sculptor, seamstress and painter. You can follow some of her crafty pursuits on her instagram.