Jo Roets - Silicone mould-making to create your own texture stamps

Hey, I’m Jo Roets from Cape Town, South Africa, and I have a profound love for textures and mould-making. Whether it’s observing the intricate patterns in nature or creating tactile experiences with clay, textures inspire me.

Join me in this immersive workshop, where I’ll guide you through the process of creating your own texture stamps by producing silicone moulds. As well as a variety of techniques to add unique textures onto air-drying clay. We’ll experiment with everyday items, specialized tools and materials, and innovative methods including pressing/stamping techniques to achieve captivating results.

Who This Workshop Is For:

This workshop is designed for everyone - whether you’re a beginner eager to learn, or a seasoned artist looking to add more depth and interest to work. You’ll have ample opportunities to experiment and explore the endless possibilities of texture-making.

This workshop will inspire your imagination and elevate your skills.

Workshop Steps

In this workshop, we will explore:

• Sculpting tools and everyday items for creating texture
• How to make your own custom texture tools

You’ll also experiment with:
• Single texture mark-making using 10 different texture tools
• Layering multiple textures to discover new surface effects

Workshop Results

By the end of our time together, you’ll be empowered with fresh skills and insights to wield a variety of tools, moulding materials and techniques, enabling you to create breathtaking textures that can elevate any clay surface.

Materials & Equipment

General purpose curing silicone & catalyst, Air-Drying Clay, hardboard, sculpting tools, polystyrene, acetone, brush, polyfilla (multipurpose filler), organic materials from the garden

About Jo Roets

Jo Roets (b.1979) is a passionate sculptor and mould maker residing in Cape Town. She introduced the medium of self-drying stone clay into the South African fine art landscape in 2018. Embracing unique techniques and combining it with this medium allows her to push the boundaries of conventional ceramics. Her work has recently been published in Clay Formes - Contemporary Clay from South Africa.

In 2018, Jo's work was selected for three prominent art competitions: Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum (finalist); Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award Barrel Head Exhibition, Hermanus (finalist) and Vuleka, Art.B Gallery, Bellville (finalist). She was announced as the winner of the inaugural StateoftheART Gallery Award in 2018. In 2021, Jo was announced as one of the Tollman Bouchard Finlayson Art Award winners and an awardee of the coveted international Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant. Roets’s first solo was exhibited in 2019 at StateoftheART Gallery and second solo at Rust-en-Vrede Gallery in 2022. She was included in the Art.co.za Top 10 artists watchlist for 2024.

Roets has exhibited with numerous South African galleries and abroad with Galería Begbie & Coll and Galería F&deO, Spain. Apart from gallery exhibitions, her work has been exhibited at festivals around South Africa, including KKNK, Tulbagh Arts Festival, Hermanus FynArts Festival and US Woordfees. She is currently exhibiting in South Africa, Spain and UK and celebrates a client and collectors basis from across the globe.

Instagram: @jo.roets