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Fun Clay Art for Kids
Fun Clay Art for Kids
Create together & make memories! The Online clay workshop with your child.
Create together & make memories! The Online clay workshop with your child.
Sessions: 39 modules
Times: Module lengths vary
Cost: NZ$250 for a lifetime licence
About This Product
Introduction to clay modelling and design, with video footage of Wilma demonstrating how each piece is made. From age 5 to 12 years old, each module's principles develop and build on the next, giving capabilities to progress through each design. Inspirational for all ages to also participate, this programme includes video footage, a resourceful directory, and some explanations of ceramics, in easy-to-understand techno talk.
Disclosure: Edited live footage, and in most cases sped up to trim downtime. Modules can be played anytime, with lifetime access. Individual results depend on dedication and willingness to follow techniques.
Fun Clay Art for Kids
This is a clay art programme for parents, grandparents, guardians and their children. It’s been used by over 400 students in schools, and following the video footage in each module, starting with basic knowledge outlined in the directory, the Wilma avatar guides with additional tips for success without causing overwhelm.
Fun Clay Art for Kids begins with:
Module One for five-year-olds, whose little hands make small objects. Thinking about different shapes and textures, with correct labels, it’s strung together to make a larger artwork. This module has one session.
Six-year-olds have four sessions in Module Two. Based on rolled-out slabs of clay, three are made into tiles, oblong and square, one is free form and object form. Textures and some reliefs are added, using the clay joining guidelines in the directory.
Seven-year-olds have five sessions in Module Three looking at aquatic creatures. Their forms are spongy and stringy like a jellyfish or soft with a hard shell, like a turtle.
Eight-year-olds have six sessions in Module Four based on forms and structures made by humans. These sessions show several options for transposing boxes and modular shapes into clay.
Nine-year-olds have seven sessions in Module Five with land creatures, including the very small multi-legged ones. It’s not possible to make very fine structures out of clay, so for insects, wire is used instead. It requires forward planning at the beginning to prepare for that. Mammals have many parts that join in proportion to their body. Consideration is required on how the structure will hold together through the drying to the firing stage.
Ten-year-olds have three sessions in Module Six. Standing structures upright considering balance and gravity. One of the sessions is a 3-in-1, based around a cylinder.
Eleven-year-olds have two sessions in Module Seven, functional objects. It extends out the consideration for structure and balance and how to prepare to control the clay through the drying process.
Twelve-year-olds have one session in Module Eight. The figurine embraces a component of all the previous modules, with additional footage showing changes in facial expressions. Body stances convey moods and attitudes.
Fun Clay Art for Kids is designed, directed and produced by Wilma Jennings as part of Wilma J Design Ltd.
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About the Artist & these courses:
Wilma Jennings is a master potter and full-time Artist with over 40 years of experience. Whether you're new to clay or want to brush up on your technical or creative skills, Wilma provides a structured course that will merge techniques to overcome and achieve results, while giving you a wide berth to fulfil your own creative ideas and journey of discovery.
Wilma came from Curacao as a child, where seasonal rain made the muddy ground suitable for creating objects. Moving to New Zealand as an immigrant, her passion for being creative was explored in other accessible media such as leatherwork, fabrics and dyeing.
Having the opportunity at school to get back to clay creations, and meeting people earning a living from their ceramic art inspired Wilma back to that media, which resulted in a lifetime of ceramic production and artworks.
Six years ago, Wilma designed a clay art programme for a small local country school, and the programme was trialled several times. This has now been made into an online teaching programme for the benefit of the wider community.
Her easy to understand guide is the result of self-learning, and teaching her own daughters and their friends, the fun and satisfaction of uninhibited creating.
Enquire with Wilma directly today:
Wilma Jennings Ph: 021 103 2265
Email: wilma@wilmajdesign.co.nz
What other people say:
What other people say:
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“Having done pottery work for over 10 years including teaching beginners, I found Wilma's was of a very high standard. She is very forthcoming with information and encouragement.” — Gretchen Gavey
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“Wilma is a working potter who has a passion for sharing her craft in a friendly and welcoming way.”
— Jo Douglas
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“A talented ceramic artist who inspires with her enthusiasm and welcomes people with her warmth for other people.” — Carol Bannister
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“Great to see a working potter in their studio. I learned heaps about slip casting.”
— Jill Briar
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“Wilma is generous with her time, her expertise and experience. Thank you, Wilma.”
— Jennifer Stuart
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