Craft + Design Canberra Anytime Workshop

Love potted plants? Ceramics? Fun forms?

Join artist and bonsai expert Daniel Leone and make your very own ceramic planter.

Daniel Leone is a multi-disciplined artist working with ceramics, timber and bonsai, whose fun and imaginative pieces push practical and functional boundaries. Daniel will guide you through basic properties of clay and the processes involved in making a ceramic planter. Through his knowledge of bonsai and local ecologies, Daniel can also work with you to create interesting forms for your favourite plant.

Participants will make their own ceramic planter which can be collected from Craft + Design Canberra after firing (date TBC).

All materials provided.

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Daniel Leone is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Canberra ACT, Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country. Daniel is inspired by the local ecology where grasslands and eucalypt forests dominate. Through ceramics, sculpture, bonsai and woodworking, Daniel seeks to capture and create awareness of the surrounding country. Daniel sees his practice as a collaboration with nature, often incorporating found and salvaged objects into his work.

Daniel studied ceramics at the ANU School of Art & Design and Fine Furniture Making at the Sturt School for Wood. He was the recipient of the 2022 National Capital Art Prize’s People’s Choice Award, and has received a number of awards and grants, including the Emerging Artist Grant from CAPO (Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation), and the ANU School of Art & Design EASS Canberra Potters Exhibition Award. His work has been widely exhibited and can be seen at Pepite, Melbourne and at Grainger Gallery, Canberra.

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Support Artists and Learn from the Best

Craft + Design Canberra Anytime workshops provide an opportunity for audiences to learn from the unique skillsets of our members: individuals who are highly regarded in their fields as artists, designers, and craftspeople.

Craft + Design Canberra prides itself on paying fair rates of pay to our artists as recommended by NAVA (the National Association for the Visual Artists). Our artists are the best in their fields and deserve fair renumeration. Audiences attending our activities learn from the best.

Craft + Design Canberra is a not-for-profit membership-based organisation supporting artists, craft practitioners, designers and makers at every stage of their careers. Craft + Design Canberra Anytime workshops are designed to create opportunities for our members to showcase their skills, engage with community, and earn incomes.

Image: Design Canberra festival 2020, Daniel Leone clay workshop. Photo 5 Foot Photography