Tales on Tiles with Alison Waters

Words are not the only medium through which to tell our stories. Join artist Alison Waters in using clay and collaging to create beautiful and unique ceramic tiles. Express your personal story and share your thoughts with colleagues in this fun and engaging workshop.

This workshop is accessible for ALL levels and delivered in 2 parts, please make sure you can attend both sessions.

Part 1- Tuesday 8th March 5pm-7pm – You will learn how to make nine ceramic tiles using white clay and take some time to think about the story you would like to tell. You will explore collage techniques and learn how to use found text. Tiles will taken away at the end of the workshop to be fired and glazed.

Part 2- Tuesday 15th March 5-7pm – You will choose images, text and papers to illustrate your personal story using collage. After the second session, your collage will be digitised and transferred onto your finished tiles. Some tiles will be selected to form part of Lime’s May ‘22 Create.Connect.Unwind+ Festival exhibition.

About the artist: Alison is a visual artist specialising in creating hand-built ceramics and bookmaking. With a strong interest in community arts and arts for wellbeing, Alison regularly facilitates workshops, including for ARC (Arts for Recovery) in Stockport. Inspired by the healing power of nature, she strives to encourage others to take the time to notice the beauty in the natural world around them. Alison also works from GRIT studios in Stockport. https://www.alisonwatersart.com/

Please book on maximum 1 workshop a month so we can engage and support as many MFT staff as possible with Lime’s unique creative wellbeing offer.