A Green Man for the Garden – with Mark Bradley

A new take on this very popular course we have run in the past :)

Join Mark and create a lovely Green Garden plaque ~ as scary / bumbling / friendly as you wish. Mark will show you how with patient guidance and expertise.

These sculptures of a face surrounded by or made from leaves where branches or vines possibly sprouting from the mouth or nostrils etc and maybe bearing flowers or fruit. Such sculptures in bygone days were commonly used as a decorative architectural ornament, frequently found in carvings on both secular and ecclesiastical buildings.

10.00am – 4.00pm

Saturday 5th June 2027

We recently ran a Green Man trial course with Mark (Feb 26) and here are some of the results - some of the students chose to paint theirs with acrylic paints back at home after firing- otherwise a rustic glaze is available- or a simple clear glaze, or just biscuit fired out of the kiln.

About the tutor : Mark is a watercolour artist, and paints mainly landscapes due to living in Cumbria and spending time in Scotland. He tends to be representational, but aspire to being impressionistic. Mark also throw pots and creates animal and bird sculptures, and watercolour cards, all of which are for sale at Interlude ceramics at Brougham Hall, near Penrith. Also at Viridian Gallery in Keswick.