Hands-on workshop led by artist Holly Dawes to forage for wild clay at Rock-a-Nore and make a piece from it.
Holly Dawes is leading a wild clay workshop at Hastings Contemporary on Saturday 13 February, from 2pm to 5pm. It's a hands-on afternoon that starts outdoors and ends in the studio, and you don't need any previous experience with clay to join in.
The session begins with a short foraging trip at Rock-a-Nore, where Dawes shows you how to spot and identify natural clay in the landscape. Once you've found some, the group heads back to the studio to process it together. Dawes also brings in wild clays she's collected from different points along the coast, so you can compare their colours, textures and qualities side by side.
From there, the afternoon becomes experimental and open-ended. You can use the wild clay as a slip to decorate commercial clay, work with it as a clay body in its own right, or mix it with other natural clays and materials. Everyone makes one piece, which Dawes takes away to fire; you can then collect the finished work from Hastings Contemporary a month later.
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It's £45, with a £36 low-wage discount. The workshop runs from 2pm to 5pm at Hastings Contemporary, Rock-a-Nore Road, Hastings, TN34 3DW.
