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as a ceramic venture was established by Sonje in 1996 from a rural barn
in Grumbla, West
Penwith, Cornwall. Prior to this many years were spent abroad,
recording landscapes and ethnic cultures through painting and
photography. In the early 90's most of her paintings were exhibited and
sold in Bristol and the West Country, during which time a stronger
interest in sculpture started to develop. Through moving between
Cornwall and Bristol Sonje eventually found a permanent base in
Totnes in Devon in 2007 where she started developing a wider range of
ceramic and drawing based workshops within the local community.
At
present Sonje delivers the very successful Ceramic Workshop on Saturday
morning at Kingsbridge Community College in South Devon and also teaches
life drawing skills to the Sixth Formers. As well as being a pottery
tutor for Adult and Community Learning running courses from The
Mansions in Totnes Sonje also runs pottery courses from her studio in central Totnes. These affordable classes have proved to
be very popular with wide ranging techniques such as mouldmaking, glazing, throwing, slab building, smoke firing
and raku being taught. Classes tend to be between one and three
students at a time and some students have enjoyed themselves so much that
they have never left!
Other
areas that Sonje is involved in are
providing pottery classes to people with learning disabilities at
Rivendell, Home Farm Trust in South Devon and volunteering as a pottery
tutor within a NHS mental health environment in Plymouth.
She also runs ongoing painting and mixed media workshops for foreign
language students with the Totnes School Of English.
If you want to
know more about the private courses from the studio and the costs or other courses that Sonje runs please email or phone using
the contact details below. Everyone tries to be accommodated so don't delay
places get booked up fast!
PRIVATE CLASSES -Studio in Totnes Tel: 01803 863393 or 07881 530132 to book a day.
Six week courses 7-9pm £92 exc clay materials.
Four week courses in pottery techniques 10am-1pm £92 exc clay materials.
One or two day mouldmaking for ceramics 10am-3pm £35 per day exc materials
One day raku workshop 10am-3pm £35 exc glaze costs. Bring bisqueware suitable for Raku
ADULT AND COMMUNITY LEARNING COURSES 2011- The Mansions, Totnes Tel: 01803 862020
SOUTH DEVON COLLEGEOTHER COURSES RUN BY SONJE HIBBERT
Time to Flow- Exploratory drawing workshops based on the human form. A collaborative workshop with Totnes artist and teacher Darren Willison. £65 per day including materials.