BIRDS OF BECOMING. SCULPTURE WITH CAROLE CHALOUPKA

BIRDS OF BECOMING WITH CAROLE CHALOUPKA

Sculptor Carole Chaloupka teaches sculpture as a deeply satisfying process – one that allows the maker to form an object with their own hands, infused with personal meaning and intention. 

In the Birds of Becoming workshop, Carole will offer tried-and-tested, step-by-step method to guide students in sculpting a beautiful small bird using a lightweight, air-dry Japanese stone clay.

Birds are rich in symbolic meaning and appear throughout religious texts, mythology, and folk tales as   powerful messengers. They have long symbolized freedom, transition, and the soul in motion—creatures that move between earth and sky, matter and spirit. Across cultures, birds are seen as guides and carriers of meaning, marking moments of change, loss, return, and becoming. Their flight evokes transcendence and perspective, their migrations speak to trust in cycles and renewal, and their fragility reminds us of life’s impermanence and preciousness. Birds also embody intuition, belonging, and quiet wisdom, inviting us to listen more closely to inner knowing as we move through thresholds of transformation.

Participants may choose to colour their clay, prior to sculpting. They may also choose to suspend their bird as a mobile, incorporating a selection of beautiful glass beads (when hung in a window, these can help deter little winged souls from flying into the glass, or mount their bird to soar forever above a small wooden base.

Please note there is a $25 kit fee, payable to Carole at the start of class.

All materials are included in the kit fee.

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