ONLINE TALK: Land as a Conscious Being’ with Photographer Nii Obodai

Online

In this online conversation, photographer Nii Obodai will present his series ‘Big Dreams’ and ‘Paradox of Paradise’.
Messums London presents its first contemporary photography show by artists Nii Obodai and Justin Keene. Through a selection of delicately composed and elusive images, this exhibition encourages us to ponder our relationship with nature and read cultural history through the environment.

Free

Slip Decorating Dishes

Messums Creative

Under the tuition of Jo Taylor, in this workshop you will be able to create serving dishes either by slab building or throwing on the potters’ wheel, and decorate them with coloured slips. Slip decoration is one of the most expressive decorating techniques. This workshop will let you go wild and be free using your vessels as canvasses for expressing your creative energy.

£240.00

CLAY COURSE: Thursday Afternoon Pottery Class (10 weeks)

Messums Creative

Thursday afternoon adult pottery class. Sign up for ten weeks tuition with tutor Andy Glass

Dates: from 20 January – 31 March (Half term: 24 February)
Times: 1pm- 4pm

Tutor: Andy Glass

These regular sessions are the ideal opportunity for ceramics and pottery beginners and intermediate students wanting to become familiar with or improve their clay making skills. We believe that the relaxed, friendly, and peaceful atmosphere is an ideal environment for creative learning. This weekly class led by an experienced ceramics practitioner is designed to nurture everyone’s individual creativity and further each person’s skills at their own pace. You will be able to cover hand building techniques such as pinch-pot making, coiling, slab building as well as work on the potters wheel.

£220.00

CLAY COURSE: Thursday Evening Pottery Class (10 weeks)

Messums Creative

Thursday evening adult pottery class. Sign up for two to ten weeks of tuition with tutor Andy Glass.

Dates: from 20 January – 31 March 2022 (Half term: 24 February)
Times: 6pm- 9pm

Tutor: Andy Glass

These regular sessions are the ideal opportunity for ceramics and pottery beginners and intermediate students wanting to become familiar with or improve their clay making skills. We believe that the relaxed, friendly, and peaceful atmosphere is an ideal environment for creative learning. This weekly class led by an experienced ceramics practitioner is designed to nurture everyone’s individual creativity and further each person’s skills at their own pace. You will be able to cover hand building techniques such as pinch-pot making, coiling, slab building as well as work on the potters wheel.

£220.00

CLAY COURSE: Pottery with Glaze Focus (10 weeks)

Messums Creative

Friday daytime adult class with a focus on understanding glazes.

Dates: 21 January – 1 April (Half term: 25 February)
Times: 10.30am – 1.30pm

Tutor: Mirka Golden-Hann

This is an ideal class for those ceramics and pottery students, beginners and more advanced who, whilst engaging in clay making, also wish to gain a deeper understanding of how ceramic glazes work. As well as covering many hand-building methods and throwing on the potters wheel, this course will include an element of glaze experimentation and development.

£220.00

Sculpting is Human

Messums Creative

This is an introduction to sculpting the human form in clay. In this course tutor Finn Bush will help you to create studies and maquettes of the human form capturing posture, movement and charisma of a personality.

£120.00

ONLINE TALK: Contemporary African Photography in Focus

Online

On the occasion of Messums London first contemporary photography exhibition 'Resonances', visual artists Nii Obodai and Justin Keene will be in conversation with Stephanie Blomkamp, founder of Oath magazine, on the visibility, circulation and championing of African photography today.

Free

Make a Money Box

Messums Creative

Family workshop. Come and create a money box of any shape. A building or creature? Quirky monster with five arms, an as yet undiscovered dinosaur or a happy Mr Piggy … Using clay and your wildest imagination, this will be a morning of fun and creativity.

£15 – £25

Animals in Relief

Messums Creative

Half-day sculpture course for families
A chance to take out from your imagination and into material reality the personality and quirks of your favourite creatures.
Come to create lively designs from the observation of characterful animals.

£15 – £25