Megan Elliott (she/her), founder of Clay Wild, for a relaxing queer pottery workshop at The Queery celebrating self-love! The class will be focusing on traditional hand-building techniques using minimal tools and is suitable for all levels.
Date: Thursday 23rd March 2023, 7-9pm
Location: The Queery, 46-47 George St, BN2 1RJ, Brighton, UK.
The Queery is a wheelchair-accessible sober space that’s home to a radical and queer bookstore, a small library, and a small vegan café. For more information, visit their website here. Please note: Whilst the space is fully accessible, parking on the road is pay & display (until 8pm) and there are limited spaces.
There will be chair seating and background music playing during the workshop.
Price: £30 (you will take home a new clay plant pot!); each class, 25% of the spots are discounted by 50% for people with low income. Please only reserve one of these spots if you feel this applies to you. No proof required. If the spots are sold out and you would like to attend but are unable to afford a ticket, please contact me directly. There is an option to add a pay it forward donation to contribute towards the cost of these spots and to enable me to offer more low-income spots in the future.
About the class:
This is a class where we will be making body-pots. Participants will be shown how to make a pot out of air-drying clay. We will use a combination of pinch and coiling techniques. You will be guided through how to personalise your creations to make them into bodies - torsos, boobs, vulvas, penises, top-surgery, bums, hands, faces… anything & everything is welcome. The image in the poster is just one example of a boob-pot I made. This is a celebration of all bodies in whatever way feels joyful and comfortable for you. Come along to show yourself some love, reclaim, create, riot, dream. 💖
At the end of the class, you should have one small-medium body-pot to take away with you and tips on how to decorate it at home and waterproof it for plants (if you would like).
No experience necessary - suitable for all levels! This is a class prioritising queer joy, embodiment and creativity in a safe, sober space.
Your clay will still be delicate upon completion, so please bring a little box or container to carry your creation home. A tub or a small box (approx shoe box size) is ideal.
About Clay Wild:
Megan (she/her) is a queer artist and writer based in Brighton. She is trained in Fine Art and set up Clay Wild to facilitate inclusive and accessible pottery classes for all. Megan has facilitated pottery classes for a wide range of people in different settings: schools, community, corporate and private events.
Megan also sells her handbuilt creations on Etsy here.
Find Megan on Instagram at @claywildstudio.
This will be a regular class so if you miss out this time, do come along next month!