Communal Clay Ceramic Whistle Workshop
The last workshop of 2025!
We will be hand building clay whistles and using coloured slip to decorate the surfaces.
Clay whistles have a long history dating back to ancient civilisations, found across China, Ancient Egypt, South America and later Europe.
These whistles were used for communication and hunting signals, religious ceremonies and as children's toys. Over time, their forms evolved, from simple functional objects, to more elaborate and decorative shapes of animals and birds.
We will guide you through the steps to make a simple whistle form, you will then be able to adapt your design adding details and features to make you whistle unique to you.
The SET Social bar will be open during the workshop for refreshments.
The session will last 2 hours.
Theses workshops will be more focused on the tactility of playing, practicing and learning sculpture techniques. There is no pressure to make a ‘finished product’ or ‘perfect piece’.
At the end of the workshop if you wish to have your piece fired and glazed, we ask you pay an additional £10 to cover firing costs, glaze materials & transport of your work.
Any leftover clay at the end of the session will be recycled for future use, minimising wastage and keeping our workshops sustainable.
Pricing:
We are updating our pricing scale, in an effort to continue to make our workshops accessible and affordable we are testing out a new ticketing format with two options: Standard and Concession tickets.
Please choose the ticket option that is appropriate for yourself.
Communal Clay CIC is a not-for-profit organisation, all profits made after covering core costs will be used to run more community workshops.
Concessions Include:
-People receiving benefits Jobseeker's Allowance / Universal Credit / Housing Benefit
-Young people 16-21
-Disabled
-students from working class backgrounds
-carers
-single parents
All fired and glazed work will be ready to collect in 2-4 weeks from SET Social.
Sometimes this may be longer or shorter depending on the weather and temperature as these effect drying speeds.
PLEASE READ: Clay and ceramics are fragile materials until fired and glazed, on occasion things can break or become damaged during the drying and firing process', Communal Clay is not responsible for any damage that may occur during these.
This workshop is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.