Making Sessions: Ceramics With Zahra Bundakji

Join us for a creative week of clay and craftsmanship as part of the soft launch of Hayy Makers at Hayy Jameel! This immersive ceramics programme features three unique workshops, hosted by Jeddah-based ceramicist Zahra Bundakji, where you’ll hand-build your own breakfast set, sculpt a personalized vase, and bring a custom ceramic lamp to life. Whether you’re a curious beginner or a passionate maker, it’s your chance to explore, create, and connect through clay.

Attendance is through an application process.

All materials are provided.

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**Making Sessions: Handbuilding Vases**
Discover vertical hand building techniques and design a personalized ceramic vase.
Audience: Beginner levelDate and duration: Saturday, April 26, 2025 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM 5 hours with breakLocation: Hayy Studio 01, Roof, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah	Learning Outcomes: Essential knowledge of handbuilding. Techniques like coiling, slab making, and handle making. Learn how to repurpose excess clay and make extra pieces methodically. Create a small tableware set (plate, bowl, platter, and mini saucers). Enjoy a weekday creative session, meet people without having to sign up for an all-day class. ِApply through link HERE!

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**Making Sessions: Handbuilding Lamps**
Explore creative hand building skills and craft your own functional ceramic lamp.
Audience: Beginner-intermediate level Date and duration: Monday, April 28, 2025 – Tuesday, April 29, 2025 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM 4 hours/ day with break Location: Hayy Studio 01, Roof, Hayy Jameel, Jeddah	Learning Outcomes: Day 1: – Design thinking, planning, and creating foundations – Develop skills in conceptualizing and designing lamp shapes, considering lighting functionality. – Create essential components such as handles, coils, textures, and supporting structures. – Acquire various techniques for making slabs, coiling, and handbuilding in both vertical and horizontal orientations. Day 2: – Bringing it all together – details, finishing, and refinement – Master the addition of detailed elements, including carvings and edge refinements. – Gain proficiency in finishing techniques using wet and dry tools for a polished final product. – Understand and implement effective wiring systems for functional and safe lamp designs. Apply through link HERE!

Zahra Bundakji

From 6-meter-tall disco balls to hand-carved marble dining tables with plates melting through them and illustrations made with spices, Zahra Bundakji is a multidisciplinary artist whose installations engage a multi-sensory experience through sculpture and a seamless integration of sound, video, performance, and other creative mediums. Her works observe how human gathering defines physical spaces, and vice versa. Bundakji reconsiders themes such as dance, food, and gift giving as social tools with broader socio, cultural, and economic implications.

Informed by her conceptual work, Bundakji’s ceramic studio explores behavior within domestic spaces, resulting in functional ceramics that facilitate interaction and cultural bonding.

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