Raku Workshops with Thomas Bollman

January of 2025 we collaborated with Thomas Bollman to offer a series of join Raku workshops and we’re bringing them back again this winter. Clay Space students and Open Studio members who enrol can make their pieces at Clay Space and on the raku date have their pieces fired at Thomas’ new studio.

Raku workshops will take place on –

Sun, Jan 18, 3pm-8pm
Sun, Feb 1st, 3pm-8pm
Sun, Feb 22nd, 3pm-8pm

Registration details are coming soon!

About the artist

Trained in Berlin at Best Sabel School of Design, Thomas earned his diploma in photography and photodesign in 2003. In 2004 he moved to Toronto where he continued his work in visual art. His awards and recognitions include the selection of his image “Tattoo” as the featured image for the European Month of Photography 2010, a Design Exchange Award for Best In Show in 2011, and recognition from the Design Exchange for his work as the lead photographer of Poor But Sexy magazine from 2009-2012. Thomas’ work in photography has been shown at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien and is held in private collections in North America and Europe.

Additionally, Thomas’ sculptural practice involves the ancient technique of Raku and forms derived from organic shapes. He is interested in the layering of textural components, through the use of slips and other media, to add tactility to his works. His pieces play with weightiness and form and often involve large vessels with small openings for the odd branch. Most of all he is fascinated by the fact that through fire, water and mud one can shape meaningful figurative objects in a digital age.

Learn more: https://clayspacestudio.com/editorial/artists-highlight/thomas-bollmann/