When it comes to adding decorations, patterns, and images to your work the possibilities are endless! In this three hour workshop you will learn three neat techniques to decorate and personalize your pieces and put them immediately into practice!
Seth will guide us step by step one how to make and apply our own slip transfers and decals onto greenware. We will learn surface decoration using stains, slips, stencils and resist on bisque ware, and finally we will discuss and learn the different types of glaze decals and apply one to our already glazed piece.
We will provide all materials needed, but please bring one bisque piece with texture and one glazed one. Together we will use molds and make a simple slab for our slip transfer portion of the class.
Learn different techniques for creating medium to large wheel thrown functional vases with Miami visiting ceramicist Sarah Glass @SarahGlass_Ceramics. This workshop is perfect for experienced ceramic artists looking to improve their ability to throw larger on the potter’s wheel. We will cover a few different shapes such as round forms, tall cylindrical vessels, and narrow necked vases. Clay used during the workshop will be Laguna’s Bmix cone 5, but you are welcome to bring a preferred clay body such as porcelain.
All tools and equipment provided. Your vases will be available for pickup at Members Only LA upon completion of bisque kiln firing. Bisque firing is included with this workshop. If you are not a member and need to glaze fire please let the studio know, there will be a firing fee depending on the size.
Sharon is an artist who primarily uses clay to create wall and free- standing sculptures. The dualities of chaos and order, growth and decay, organic and mechanical are the inspiration for her work. Sharon has exhibited throughout California including, The Richmond Arts Center, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, SCAPE Gallery and Gallery 825. Her works also hang in private collections throughout the US! How neat!
She will be teaching and assisting students in creating a small relief wall hanging piece and going over the different techniques she uses to achieve the striking wall pieces that she is known for. This workshop includes Bmix clay with grog as well as bisque firing to non-members. If you need to arrange a glaze fire please let us know.
10:00am- 11:30am
On the morning of Day One Indigo will start us off with a talk about her development as an artist, her experiences, and her subjects. Indigo will also talk about her glazing process. She combines glaze and underglaze in a unique manner and with a sophisticated application. This is a great opportunity to learn a very different approach to glazing your artwork.
After the artist talk, each student will work with Indigo to plan a way to build and create their sculpture.
Please bring a drawing(s) of your idea for a sculpture to the class. The ideal size is 10” – 12” in the largest dimension. Some experience with clay required. Off the wheel or on the wheel. Clay and bisque firing included. If you need to make arrangements to glaze fire your sculpture at MoLA please email us at [email protected] (fee varies by size).
11:30am – 12:00pm
Break. We suggest you bring a lunch or snacks to the workshop.
12:00pm – 3:00pm
We will spend the afternoon working with Indigo on our sculpture projects. This will be a 3-hour open studio where Indigo will assist you in bringing your sketch to life! You will have access to a torch, but are welcome to bring your own as this will be a very helpful tool to speed up the drying process.
Discussion:
·Lamp Forms- design, building techniques, requirements.
·Shades – Colors, Proportions, Materials.
·Resources for shades, hardware and wiring.
·Wiring basics.
·Review each design as a group.
Hands On:
·Handbuild or throw your lamp base(s) with creative support from Ron Hellman, potter and interior designer.
-Wedging and preparing large amounts clay
-Best claybody selections for throwing large
-How to center large amounts of clay
-Wheel-throwing body posture when throwing big
-How to deal with the various challenges that arise when throwing large pots.
Molly will also demo how to use coils to build up and up and up and up ! 🙂
We will have an hour lunch break.
We will have an hour lunch break
Empty Bowls is a grassroots effort to combat hunger in communities worldwide. The movement was started by a high school teacher in Michigan in 1990 as a student project to help feed the hungry in their community. Ceramic bowls were made for a fundraising meal and guests were served a simple meal of soup and bread, and were invited to keep the bowl as a reminder of hunger in the world. Since that time, hundreds of Empty Bowls projects have raised millions of dollars to feed the hungry around the world.