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XMAS COLLECTIVE and FREE workshops!

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Merry Christmas!

We hope the year has been good for you and wish to thank all our students, staff, friends and supporters for helping to make our creative studio a welcoming and positive space to attend in 2016.

As we rocket towards 2017 we invite you to our annual 4-day COLLECTIVE X SLOW CLAY maker's event where you can come for a quiet moment of calm to shop small, shop local and shop ethically! With a glass of Mount Prior Vineyard sparkling cuvee brut in your hand, you are invited to peruse over 30 local and interstate maker's of ceramics and other hand-made beauties. This is a great opportunity to pick up some work from some much-admired established artists and some exciting newcomers! And make sure you check out our FREE workshops which are our gift to you!

COLLECTIVE X SLOW CLAY 2016
8-11 December, 11 - 7pm

13 Keele St, Collingwood

COLLECTIVE X SLOW CLAY 2016
8 – 11 December
11am – 7pm
Four-Day Pop-Up Makers Event showcasing local artists:

Andrew Halford + Brighid Russell + Carolyn Leach-Paholski + Cat Rabbit + Chris Plumridge + Dawn Tang + Dawn Vachon + Dear Plastic + Debbie Weinmann + Elisa Maccioni + Elisabeth Burke + Grace Brown + Jane Francis Reilly + Jane Sawyer + Jemima Darling + Judy Horacek + Katie Jacobs + Louise Morrison + Marina Pribaz + Maude Ferrugia + Neel Dey Furniture + Penny Byrne + Peter Garnick + Peter Pilven + Pilar Rojas + Printink Studio + Prue Venables + Rennee Treml + Robert Barron + Ruby Pilven + Ruth Andell + Sandra Bowkett + Sandy Lockwood + Shannon Garson + Sophie Moorhouse Morris + Terunobu Hirata + Zak Chalmers
Books by Amber Creswell Bell + Botanical Cuisine
Chocolate by Secret Chocolate Society

..perfect opportunity for gift hunting!

....and don't miss our FREE workshops:

Aperitivo and Talk with Botanical Cuisine: Friday 9 December 5-6pm

Join Omid Jaffari from Botanical Cuisine for an aperitive with the highest quality raw vegan dips you'll ever find in Melbourne. Taste a selection of his gourmet products whilst sharing the philosophy guiding this successful business.
A glass of Mount Prior Cuvee Brut will accompany this Happy Hour Time! Book here

Present-ing Porcelain
with Grace Brown
Saturday 10 December 4-5pm
Join Grace for this Porcelain workshop to learn how to make your own porcelain Christmas gifts and decorations.

We will fire your work after the event and they will be ready to collect just before Christmas: in time to present to your friends! Book here

Macrame Plant Hanger
with Jemima Darling
Sunday 11 December 4-5pm

Join Jemima Darling, the founder of the Collingwood branch of the Country Women's Association, to learn how to make your own beautiful Macrame Plant Hanger.

You will learn the basic knots and leave with your own macrame plant hanger and gain new skills! Book here

Read more and book FREE workshops here

Also available:

WELL GLAZED with Pilar Rojas
Start: Monday 30 January 6-30-9pm

Learn the science of glazing in simple, uncomplicated ways in our 6-week class! Matt, satin or glossy, bright or subdued colours, the options are endless and through testing and blending you will learn how to approach this complexity in an ordered and strategic way. Testing is carried out in the Midfire temp of 1220 celsius.
Book here

LAST MINUTE XMAS PRESIES!
OPEN GIFT VOUCHERS FOR A CREATIVE FRIEND

Email us before 24 December and we will get a gift voucher in the reply email to you in time for Christmas!
All gift vouchers are valid for one year and able to be transferred to any course or workshop event!

Mount Prior Vineyard looks after all our wine needs at Slow Clay Centre and we can highly recommend their Cellar Club as a great present for a wine-lover. It's easy to sign them up! Read more here .

Around Town:

Jane Sawyer is showing Rain Shadows at Tacit Contemporary Art, 312 Johnston St, Abbotsford until 18 Dec. Times: Wed-Fri 11-6pm, Sat-Sun 11-5pm.
Review by Robyn Phelan (Jane is the founding director of Slow Clay Centre)

RAMESH MARIO NITHIYENDRAN
In the Beginning
Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne
22 November - 26 February 2017

Nithiyendran's exhibition at the Potter represents an exciting development for the artist. Across an entire floor of the museum, vibrant colour and exuberant wall drawings contribute to an immersive environment within which the artist's idiosyncratic ceramic figures sit alongside a monumental unfired clay sculpture, a new bronze work, and a range of objects selected from the University of Melbourne's Cultural Collections, including ancient Greek pottery, Indian religious art and animal specimens from the Teigs Museum of Zoology. Read more.

RMIT Object Based Practice
Graduate Exhibition

Robyn Phelan's blog Looking With Soft Eyes has some great images from the latest crop of RMIT Object Based Practice student Graduates. Very exciting work! Congratulations to all the students and staff and thanks Robyn for your fine blog!

Katie is our much-loved Clay Club teacher!

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