Pond Clay

An afternoon exploring biodiversity and three aspects of pottery; digging, processing and making forms from Platt Fields clay.

Create pottery and learn how to process clay from digging a wildlife pond through workshops run by Frida Cooper, Joe Hartley, Meg Beamish and Mike Hodson.

The workshops will offer a range of hand building techniques including press-moulding, slab-work and a go on the potters wheel. During the afternoon you can produce plant pots and dishes for yourself to take home and for the market garden to keep.

Itinerary

14:00-14:15 Welcome and site induction

14:15 - 15:00 Workshop one

15:00 - 15:15 Break and refreshments

15:15 - 16:00 Workshop two

16:00 - 16:15 Break and refreshments

16:15 - 17:00 Workshop three

17:00 - 18:00 Dinner and exhibition of work

Your ticket includes a piece of pottery made by yourself, a bag of clay for you to take home and dinner freshly picked and prepared from the garden.

By purchasing a ticket for this day of activities you will be supprting the community work of Manchester Urban Diggers and Platt Fields Market Garden. Your ticket will also allow us to provide these events for other people who can not afford to otherwise. In addition you will be supprting the work of three amazing ceramacists, Joe, Meg and Frida and will be the very first recipients of a bag of local Platt Fields clay!