Ceramics
Create your own customized clay stamps in this one-day ceramics workshop. Drawing on the rich history of pattern and texture in clay, you’ll design, build, and carve your own stamps. Amalia will demonstrate techniques such as sprig stamping, textured rollers, and relief carving. Participants will be introduced to the canon…
Build a ceramic wall piece in this 2-day hands on workshop! Using slabs Amalia will demonstrate and assist as students construct a 2D ceramic piece of their own design. She will discuss various painting, drawing, and layering methods as well as relief sculpture to build a rich “clay painting”. This workshop is great for beginners, storytellers, and 2D artists. The clay is your canvas. Bring your ideas and lets get back on the wall! Day 1. Intro, Slide show Demonstration: Building…
Build a ceramic wall piece in this 2-day hands on workshop! Using slabs Amalia will demonstrate and assist as students construct a 2D ceramic piece of their own design. She will discuss various painting, drawing, and layering methods as well as relief sculpture to build a rich “clay painting”. This workshop is great for beginners, storytellers, and 2D artists. The clay is your canvas. Bring your ideas and lets get back on the wall! Day 1. Intro, Slide show Demonstration: Building…
Begin by examining the overall body shape with discussion on composition. Construction starts on the hollow clay form focusing the eye on simplification of shape, support structures, adhesion and compression of the clay. Demonstrations will be given on the following elements: Skin, scales, folds and feathers Texture and Pattern Muscular…
Take your ceramic surface decoration to new heights with Sgraffito. Sgraffito, an Italian word meaning “to scratch”, is an ancient pottery technique involving carving through a top layer of slip to reveal a contrasting colored clay beneath. In this workshop, Renee will teach you how she uses this technique with underglazes, to adorn her pots and tiles. The…
Designed for students with bisque-fired clay pieces, this 2-Day workshop offers hands-on guidance to bring each sculpture to a fully finished state.(no more firings) Whether applying a “cold finish” / “patina” for the first time or refining an existing surface, participants will receive both technical instruction and aesthetic insight to…
In this fun hands-on, 2-day workshop, students will create whimsical fairy houses. First, with instructor and individual guidance using handbuilding techniques like slab construction and decorative attachments, each student will complete a unique fairy house of their own. On the second day, the group will bring their creations to life…
Learn how to create a sculpture that speak volumes! Sculptures may be based on people, animals, or imaginative characters. Skills that will be explored include solid/hollow building styles, modeling features, and glaze/underglaze best practices. This class is accessible for all experience levels from beginner to advanced!
Learn a variety of handbuilding construction techniques; pinch pots, coil, and slab construction. Create decorative pieces, functional pieces, representations, or abstract sculptures. Students will finish projects using a variety of glazing methods.
This course will introduce the fundamental skills necessary to explore the potter’s wheel and produce vessels such as bowls, cylinders, mugs, plates and vases. Each student will become familiar with the ceramic facility. Learn about the balance between form and function. Also, this class will cover the finishing and glazing…
