About the masterclass:

Join artist Ari Menendez for a ceramic workshop where you will build your own oil burner.

Work with stoneware clay and learn hand building techniques to construct a fully functional oil burner.

Ari will guide participants through the processes which will include a combination of slab building and pinching techniques to construct the oil burner.

Once constructed, Ari will share some of her favourite decorating techniques, such as carving and mark making - so that participants can make their oil burner truely unique to them.

Ari will bisque, glaze and fire all pieces to a final temperature of 1280 degrees. All burners will be ready to be collected within 3 weeks of the workshop.

No experience required - all welcome!

What participants can expect:

Participants will take home their very own hand built, glazed and fired oil burner!

Materials used:

Stoneware clay
Sculpting tools

Ari Menendez began creating with clay in 2016 after a friend gifted her a workshop experience with a well established Adelaide Artist. This day proved to be a transformative experience and clay became the deep connection to the Australian continent that German native Ari, until then, did not realise she was missing. What followed was an ongoing journey of learning and growth through ceramics, always anchored in the profound appreciation of nature and the ancient wisdom of creating with earth.
Ari’s design philosophy is anchored in functional ceramics with a minimalist restrained aesthetic. Her ceramic practice, encompasses both, hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques, often exposing parts of raw clay in her finished wares. Ari has established a small studio space in her home in the Adelaide Hills and continues to dream of it becoming a place for others to experience the healing nature of creating with clay.
Each year The Mill presents a series of SALA Masterclasses with prominent South Australian artists. We invite practicing artists and creatives to participate, offering the opportunity to grow their practice through learning new skills, connecting with peers and developing insight into professional artists practice.
The Mill's Masterclass program runs throughout the year as a professional development program for artists, offering workshops with established international and national touring artists in both performance and visual arts. These diverse sessions draw South Australian artists into global conversations around aesthetic, performance and creative practice.