‘Soil to Soul’
Use earth pigments and wild clays to create your own pigment painting and sculptural Kurinuki cup/
It is my absolute pleasure to offer you this unique workshop in collaboration with artist Susannah Crook. We’re both so passionate about mindfully foraging organic materials from the land and creating art; so we want to share our practises with you and guide you into the calming realm of land art/
Susannah is a land inspired artist living near the coast in North Somerset. Using natural earth, mineral and botanical pigments, her paintings evoke the timeless geology of the local landscape. The view across the Severn Estuary, the rock formations along the coast, the pebbles at her feet and the markings within them are her inspiration. Using locally sourced sustainable materials as much as she can, means she is an ecologically aware artist, and this is an essential part of her practice.
Sonya discovered an authentic connection with clay from an early age, then through her Ba (Hons) at Bristol Bower Ashton (1995); to a later MFA (Ceramics) in 2023, she came to answer the question ‘Can Ceramic Vessels Become Activators For Well-Being’.
Her desire to make full-time, initially arose from her teaching role as ceramics specialist at Clifton High School, and this lead to her work being aired on National TV, ‘The Great British Menu’ and ‘Love Your Weekend’ hosted by Alan Titchmarsh. Her nature inspired ceramics are exhibited at national shows, select galleries across the UK and she offers ‘Making and Mentoring in Nature’ and ‘Biophilia & Creativity’ workshops. As both a Reiki Master Teacher and Master in Fine Art, she permeates her ceramic creations with universal life force energy. This enables a harmonising effect, so her vessels can be used as conduits for well-being, mindful contemplation and emotive pieces of functional ware for interior spaces.
About the workshop
