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CLAY PORTRAITURE

12pm-5pm (Saturday and Sunday)
£180 / £144 low wage concession

Discover the art of clay portrait sculpture in this weekend course led by portrait sculptor Suzie Zamit.

The course will give an introduction in all aspects of portrait sculpture from basic anatomy to surface finish, working from a live model, turning the model to capture every angle. We will be working at small scale, the finished heads will be approximately half life size.

All materials and tools are provided, you are welcome to bring your own tools. When completely dry, the heads can be painted with shellac or varnish to finish.

No previous experience is necessary. Please bring an apron or work shirt, and a small box and some bubble wrap to take away your sculpture, plus a small cutlery/butter knife.

Course dates: Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July, 12pm-5pm.

 

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MEET YOUR TUTOR

Suzie Zamit

Suzie studied Fine Art Sculpture at City & Guilds of London Art School. She has been a council member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors  since 2007, and is now Vice President. She exhibits at their annual London FACE show each May.

Suzie has also designed for the Royal Mint including a Charles Darwin bicentenary £2 coin in 2009; and Brittania bullion coins in 2010 and 2016. Commissions include a posthumous portrait of the artist Francis Bacon, a gift for the Japanese Buddhist leader President Ikeda of a small portrait study of Charlie Chaplin, and a high relief of the diabetic doctor R D Lawrence for Kings College Hospital. Her portrait of the Victorian MP and founder of the National Secular Society Charles Bradlaugh was unveiled in Parliament in November 2016 and is now in the Palace of Westminster. 

Suzie's work is in private collections throughout Europe. Her studio is now in St Leonards on Sea.