Tim Pomeroy is an Arran-based artist who exhibits sculptures in Edinburgh and London. He has major works in Provands Lordship and Glasgow Cathedral. Also in Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery. He is currently working on a commission for the Garden of Cosmic Speculation.
This one day class will use the techniques of slab building, coil-building, applied decoration, scratched or incised designs and/or lettering to produce a traditional/historical oil lamp after the Roman and Greek model. It is hoped that, after firing, these will all be working ceramic oil lamps which could be used symbolically at Christmas or Easter or autumn. They could be customised as birthday/wedding/anniversary gifts to possibly include names to celebrate auspicious days. Examples will be shown to help inspire what messages the oil lamp could communicate. The inventiveness that goes into them can go as far as the imagination. They will be made in terracotta and will be eventually glaze fired. Support and advice from the tutor will be there at every stage of the build.
Please note: An additional fee of £10 will be requested to cover the clay used and the electricity used to fire the kiln for both bisque and glaze firings.