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Looking to pick up a new hobby? These pottery and printmaking workshops will teach you everything you need to know
Want to unearth a new passion? Or maybe you’re just bored and want to learn something new. If you wish to dabble in the craft or eventually grow to master it, the best way to start is always through a workshop. These beginner-friendly studios offer an avenue to grow as an artist or hobbyist.
In case you missed it: Where to Learn Pottery: 7 Pottery Studios Around the Philippines
This article shows several printmaking and pottery workshops you could take in December.
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AMT Ceramics
Spend your weekends learning new techniques like wheel-throwing and hand-building at AMT Ceramics. You could even have the studio to yourself with no guide if you know what you’re doing and want to put your hands to work. Walk-ins are strictly prohibited, so schedule your visit a week in advance.
Tahanan Pottery
Learn the basics and hone your skills to master the craft with Tahanan Pottery—possibly the Metro’s most popular and iconic pottery studio. Those looking to dip their toes into the medium can take single-session workshops to test the waters and eventually move on to more advanced techniques like sculptural clay classes, functional hand-building clay classes, and pottery wheel classes.
Craft MNL
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Get introduced to the basics of screen printing in a workshop by Sheina and Andrei Salud of Hocus Screen Prints & Design. The three-hour session teaches participants how to make photographic stencils and screen print designs on fabric while allowing them to keep their work.
You can register for the workshop here: craftmnl.com/project/introduction-to-screen-printing/
Also see: All eyes are on Pandy Aviado, a celebrated figure in fine printmaking
Wabi Sabi PH
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Dive deep into making ceramics, from clay preparation and throwing to trimming and glazing. Wabi Sabi Studio PH offers three-hour sessions for three days, allowing you to learn all there is to the craft.
Read also: Ephemeral beauty: What is ‘Wabi-Sabi’ and how to incorporate it into the home?
Reine So Pottery
For a learning experience that also brings dining into the mix, Reine So Pottery offers a workshop in Laguna’s bed & breakfast, Casa Luisa. This three-and-a-half-hour session includes a special menu with new pastries, unlimited drinks, and a complete hand-molding pottery class.
OVERINKED
Get into the festive spirit and create your holiday cards with Overinked Studio’s Basic Printmaking Workshop. The one-time three-hour workshop guides participants step-by-step—from designing rubber cut prints to transferring the image onto a matrix and carving and printing.
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