Ceramics Workshops
Join us for a two-day Saggar Firing workshop held over two consecutive weeks. The first session will focus on instruction and creating your wheel-thrown or hand-built pieces. After a bisque firing during the week, we’ll reconvene on the second day to explore the firing process in depth. This hands-on class…
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In this two-day workshop, students will be encouraged to think big—conceptualizing a piece or series of ceramic furniture they’d love to create. From that big idea, they’ll bring it to life on a smaller scale by building a maquette. I will guide students through various handbuilding techniques—primarily slabs and coils—while…
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In this workshop, participants will learn how to create sculptural pots for daily use through utilizing a coil and pinch technique. Kate will also demonstrate how she creates her surfaces with terra sigillata, wax resist, and a wash. Participants will hand-build cups, mugs, or bowls of their own design and…
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Use your mark making techniques on clay and learn the secrets of combining your drawing and sculpting skills to make bas relief sculpture (aka low relief). Each student is asked to provide source imagery for sculpting for example; photo of a family dog or an interesting magazine clip of a…
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This workshop is designed for more advanced students who are interest or curious about casting their sculptures in bronze. Using a live model, the students will sculpt a full figure sculpture in a standing position using plasteline oil-based clay. This clay does not dry or shrink, thereby preventing cracking when…
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Students will cover basic anatomy of the head, body and anatomical proportions by observing a live model. We will cover issues related to design and mounting of the sculpture. We will also study different ways of modeling the individual parts such as the hands and feet nose, lips, ears and…
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