Telling Stories with Text & Found Objects
Holly Hanessian
$400
Create meaningful narratives utilizing text and found objects.
Learn to make ceramic letterforms, stamps, inscriptions, plaster molds,
and decals. Gain inspiration from images of work by international ceramic
artists who use text in their art to convey their own stories. All
skill levels
Holly Hanessian is an internationally
active ceramic artist and Professor of Art at Florida State University
in Tallahassee, Florida.
Contact: haha_works@yahoo.com; www.hollyhanessian.com
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Coil, Score & Slip:
Handbuilding Functional Pottery
Gail Kendall
$400
Use coil and slab techniques to explore sound
ways to handbuild pottery. Emphasis is on form development.
Glazing is not included; however, instructor provides examples,
formulas and demonstrations on glazing techniques. Intermediate-Advanced
Gail Kendall has
been working in clay since 1970. She is Hixson-Lied
Professor of Art at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
and exhibits her work nationally in pottery festivals,
galleries and museums.
Contact: gailmariekendall@gmail.com
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Ceramics: Ideas for Developing Forms & Surfaces
Sandra Blain
$400
Make pieces personal and expressive by using handbuilt and wheelthrown components, alone or combined, to build composite forms. Surface textures are developed using additive and/or subtractive processes. Explore color with slips, underglazes, oxides, glazes and over-glazes. All skill levels
Sandra Blain is a studio artist; adjunct faculty Mesa Art Center; advisory board member Arizona State University Ceramic Research Center; Professor Emeritus, Ceramics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; and Director Emeritus, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
Contact: sblain@cox.net |
Innovative Handbuilding Techniques
Lana Wilson & Margaret Bohls
$400
Utilize soft slab construction techniques with optional altered textures to create teapots, plates, and bowls. Construct stiff slab boxes with niches, drawers and doors that work. Explore intricate multilevel stamps, bas-relief tiles, and sprigging. Intermediate
Lana Wilson has taught numerous workshops and has written a column for Clay Times magazine since 1996. Her work has been featured in over 180 shows; she is author of Ceramics: Shape and Surface.
Contact: lana@lanawilson.com
Margaret Bohls makes functional, handbuilt porcelain pottery in her studio in Minneapolis. She has been teaching ceramics at universities and art centers for over 15 years.
Contact: bohls002@umn.edu |
Pots: Ideas & Making
Linda Christianson
$400
Explore the sparking of ideas and making functional pots. Learn through demonstrations, lively discussions, fun exercises, and plenty of individual attention. Intermediate-Advanced
Linda Christianson is a full-time potter and educator. She is committed to “making a better cup” each day and is represented in museums and kitchens worldwide.
Contact: jscslc@frontiernet.net |
Beginning Handbuilding: Hollow Forms
Melody Tiemann
$400
Create hollow earthenware forms (vases, bowls, and cups) while learning basic handbuilding techniques. Explore surface decoration using texture, colored slips and stains. Beginning
Melody Tiemann received her MFA from the University of Mississippi and BFA from Texas State University-San Marcos. She is the Artist in Residence in Clay at the Appalachian Center for Craft.
Contact: mrt029@yahoo.com |
Celebrating the Figure
Catherine Merrill
$420
Work from a live model to explore sculpting and painting techniques. Sculpt a female torso using the coil method. Draw and paint on paper, paper clay slabs and bisque-ware forms. Create rich, varied surfaces using majolica glazes, colored clay, and polychrome terra sigilatta. All skill levels; Materials Fee $20, payable to instructor
Catherine Merrill is a figurative ceramic artist whose work has shown in over 150 national and international exhibitions. She also presents workshops nationally and internationally; her work has been featured in numerous publications.
Contact: CeramicsCA@aol.com |
Figurative Sculpture
Donna Polseno
$400
Explore the figure motif as a source of personal expression. Address the symbolic use of the figure in various cultures, ancient and contemporary. Use various handbuilding techniques to create forms, with a concentration on the coil method. Also, carve on the leather-hard clay surface. All skill levels
Donna Polseno studied ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute with Ken Ferguson and at the Rhode Island School of Design. A studio artist in Floyd, VA, she has received several grants, honors, and has taught classes in the U.S., Europe and China.
Contact: dpolseno@yahoo.com |
