Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware

Learn how to create handmade ceramic pieces and embellish them by adding natural botanical imprints

• Introduction
• Preparation
• Creating Your Mug with Clay
• Glazing
• Last Touches and Tips
• Final project

Coffee or tea tastes so much better when it’s in a mug that you made yourself, and even more so when it’s beautifully embellished with real flowers. Visual artist and ceramist Hessa Al Ajmani finds her inspiration through observation and nature, and creates pieces with handpicked flowers from the deserts and mountains of her home country, United Arab Emirates.

She’s collaborated with the brands like of Audemars Piguet, Valentino, Vogue Arabia, and Marie Claire, and she’s here to teach you how to create bespoke tableware from scratch and incorporate real botanical elements. Delve into a ceramic world and create something beautiful with your own two hands.

• About Me
• Influences
• Tools and Materials
• Technique Foundations and Making a Product Food Safe
• Plaster Mold-Making
• Finding Your Flowers and Plants
• Cutting the Slab
• Imprinting Flowers
• Creating the Form
• Attaching the Components, Finishing Touches, and Firing
• Preparing the Bisqueware
• Underglazing
• Cleaning the Excess
• Clear Glazing and Glaze Firing
• Accessorizing and Applications
• Care Tips and Packaging
• Ceramics with Floral Imprints: Make Functional Tableware