🗿✨ Spirit of the Ancients: Carved Face Wall Plaques in Clay ✨🗿
A One-Day Immersive Workshop with Diane from Mud of Moon
📅 Saturday 1st November | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Unit 11, 7–9 Grant Street, Cleveland
Across the ages, humans have carved faces into stone, wood, and clay as symbols of spirit, power, and protection. From Celtic goddesses and Pagan guardians to forest spirits and ancestral watchers, these faces told stories, marked sacred places, and connected people to the unseen world.
In this immersive workshop, you’re invited to step into that lineage. Guided by ceramicist and creative Diane from Mud of Moon, you’ll spend the day hand-sculpting your own character wall plaque - a guardian, goddess, moon-watcher, or forest familiar of your imagining.
This is more than a class in clay. It’s a chance to create something infused with meaning - a piece that carries echoes of ancient traditions while reflecting your own creativity and spirit.
What You’ll Learn
How to build a simple armature to support your clay plaque
Techniques for sculpting expressive facial features
Ways to add symbolic adornments - leaves, vines, antlers, moons, or other motifs
Finishing touches to give your piece depth, texture, and personality
Once complete, your work will be slow-dried and kiln-fired. Your terracotta plaque will be ready for collection in a few weeks - weather-safe and ready to gather moss and magic in the turning year.
What’s Included
All tuition, clay, tools, materials, and kiln firings are provided. Just bring your imagination, your sense of story, and a willingness to get a little muddy.
✨ This is more than a craft workshop - it’s a ritual in clay, a face in the earth, and a companion for your sacred space.
🎟 All levels welcome - beginners encouraged.
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