For this popular workshop, we will be prioritising ticket sales to our Waikato Society of Potters members. Sales will open to members only from Thursday 5th February, 10am. Sales will then be open to non-members from Thursday 12th February, 10am.
We are delighted to bring you this 2-day, weekend workshop with internationally acclaimed potter, Rick Rudd MNZM.
Saturday 2nd May, 10am - 4pm AND Sunday 3rd May, 10am - 4pm
Instantly recognisable, Rick Rudd's ceramic creations are a wonder to behold. They combine form and function to the point where the dramatically sculptural designs often mask the functional purpose of the piece. They offer the observer a mystery to be solved.
Over the course of two days, Rick will guide you in building your own teapot in his style, and learning techniques that can be used in your own hand-building practice.
The course fee includes:
- Your tuition
- A bag of clay
- Bisque firing
- Glaze firing
- A list of required tools will be sent to participants prior to the workshop
- Please bring a kai to share on both days, if you are able
** Please note the clay we will be using has a specific firing temperature, and all pieces made with it should be fired to a lower temperature than WSP's standard cone 6 and cone 10 firings. We will organise a full kiln load for pieces made at the workshop, in order to avoid any firing mishaps.
About your tutor — Rick Rudd, MNZM
Rick was born in Great Yarmouth, England and trained at Great Yarmouth and Wolverhampton Colleges of Art, attaining a Diploma of Art and Design, Ceramics in 1972.
In 1973 he arrived in New Zealand and since then has won several awards, including the Fletcher Brownbuilt Pottery Award (1978), the Winstones Bowl Award (1981), the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Caltex Oil Award (1983), the Norsewear Art Award for Pottery (1995) and the Ballantynes Contemporary Tableware Award (2001).
He has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand, regularly in solo exhibitions, numerous times as guest exhibitor and his work has been included in international exhibitions in Italy, Australia, Canada, USA, Singapore, Japan, Finland, Hong Kong, Guernsey, and Taiwan.
In 2013 he established the Rick Rudd Foundation, a charitable trust, and in 2015 opened Quartz, Museum of Studio Ceramics. In 2020 he was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
Terms and Conditions
For this popular workshop, we will be prioritising ticket sales to our Waikato Society of Potters members. Sales will open to members only from Thursday 5th February, 10am. Sales will then be open to non-members from Thursday 12th February, 10am.
The Waikato Society of Potters (WSP) reserves the right to cancel a workshop if it fails to achieve minimum enrolment numbers, for reasons outside of our control. A full refund will be given if the class is cancelled by the WSP less a 5% credit card fee. If a student cancels their enrolment within 72 hours of the workshop starting, no refund will be given. If a student cancels their booking less than 7 days prior to the event a 50% administration charge will be deducted from the refund. Should a student cancel their enrolment any time prior to the above a 20% administration fee will be deducted from the refund.
WSP does not provide make up sessions or credits for workshops that you have missed due to your personal circumstances.less
