{"id":7928,"date":"2026-06-15T14:18:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/veranstaltung\/free-sculptural-creation-figurative-or-abstract-using-clay\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T14:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T12:18:52","slug":"free-sculptural-creation-figurative-or-abstract-using-clay","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/veranstaltung\/free-sculptural-creation-figurative-or-abstract-using-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"Free sculptural creation\u2014figurative or abstract\u2014using clay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no set theme for this course; you are free to bring your own ideas\u2014whether figurative or abstract\u2014to life. Artist Christa Baumg\u00e4rtel will give you the freedom to develop your own themes and bring them to life in clay. <\/p>\n<p>Sculpture offers a wide range of possibilities in terms of both content and form.<\/p>\n<p>For example, nature can serve as a source of inspiration (fruits, seed pods, etc.), as well as forms with an abstract, contrasting character, such as the interplay of geometric and organic shapes.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome any creative ideas.<\/p>\n<p>If you plan to create portraits of animals or people, please bring clear photos, such as profile and side views.<\/p>\n<p>We will be working with clay and sculpting throughout the weekend, which means we won\u2019t be building hollow forms\u2014this allows for changes to be made right up until the very end. (Experienced participants are, of course, welcome to work on hollow forms as well.) <\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to join the class, whether you&#8217;re a beginner or an advanced student!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Head: Christa Baumg\u00e4rtel<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Place: Koppelschleuse Art Center, Remise<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Hours: Fri. 6\u20139 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.\u20135 p.m., Sun. 10 a.m.\u20135 p.m.  <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fee: \u20ac120 for members of the Meppen Art Circle, \u20ac140 for non-members; plus material costs in each case <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no set theme for this course; you are free to bring your own ideas\u2014whether figurative or abstract\u2014to life. Artist Christa Baumg\u00e4rtel will give you the freedom to develop your own themes and bring them to life in clay. Sculpture offers a wide range of possibilities in terms of both content and form. For  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7925,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[91,102],"class_list":["post-7928","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-seminars","tribe_events_cat-workshop-en","cat_seminars","cat_workshop-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/7928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/7928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7928"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/koppelschleuse-meppen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=7928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}