AUD students collaborated with students from the Awladouna Center to design and made outcomes in a ceramic workshop focused on creating from clay slabs as part of the IAC Clay for Peace initiative.

AUD students collaborated with students from the Awladouna Center to design and make outcomes in a ceramic workshop focused on creating from clay slabs as part of the IAC Clay for Peace initiative.

The Clay for Peace initiative seeks to engage the community with meaningful and enriching projects that promote the values of clay culture. Sponsored by The International Academy of Ceramics (IAC).

The IAC is based in Geneva and is an official UNESCO NGO. The Awladouna Center is a center for people with disabilities in Sharjah .

This workshop was only for students of the centre.

Ceramicist Michael Rice

Ceramicist Michael Rice makes sculptures, surfaces and textures that are difficult to date to a specific culture or place. His aim is to create completed objects with aesthetics that are visually striking but also have a familiarity of form. His post-firing techniques make the most out of the least materials, and his finishes are straightforward yet complex, creating a dialectic that transcends simple visual meaning, moving into iconic or ceremonial territory. Complementing the shape of each piece, these techniques create a synthesis that results in an archetypal presence.

About Awladouna Center

Our goal and our vision is to provide as much support as we can in assisting families and their children who are maneuvering through the challenging journey that we face in helping our special needs children to progress in their lives and become all that they can be. We have to truly believe in the 3P’s
“Patience, Planning & Perseverance”