Shakerag Workshops 2012

by | Oct 13, 2011 | Uncategorized

Get’em before they fill up!!!

Session One: June 10 – 16, 2012
Jean Cacicedo – Three Dimensional Fabric: Drawn from Nature
Nancy Crow – Strip-Piecing & Restructuring
Shawn Decker – Moving and Shaking the World: Physical Computing for Artists
Michel Garcia – Dyeing with Plants: Seven Experiments
Kent McLaughlin – Kiln Building, Simplified
Holly Roberts – Paint and Collage/Collage and Paint
Sandy Webster – Boxes and Books: Constructions Around the Found Object
Liz Zlot Summerfield – Personal Pots Through Soft Slabs

Session Two: June 17 – 23, 2012
Stephen Alvarez – Photography: The Visual Narrative
John Britt – Understanding Glazes and Firing
Dahlia Elsayed – Image and Text
Michel Garcia – Printing on Textiles with Plants: Polychromatic Effects
Natalie Chanin and Diane Hall – Open Design: Sewing and Construction
Mark Shapiro – Making Pots / Thinking Pots
Chris Sugrue – Curious Systems: Explorations in Art and Algorithmic Behavior

via Clay Club

POTTERS COUNCIL CONFERENCE – HANDBUILDING II

by | Oct 11, 2011 | Uncategorized

February 3-5, 2012

San Diego, California
Hosted by Get Centered Clay and Jackson Gray

Creative, Knowledgeable, Talented, and Engaging
Creative, knowledgeable, talented and engaging describe these experienced presenters participating in the Handbuilding II conference. This not-to-be-missed conference brings together a diverse group of ceramic artists to demonstrate, share, and answer any question you may have on handbuilding and the techniques they use. This conference will help you build upon existing skills and learn new techniques that you can apply to your own studio work. Register today for your chance to learn from Hayne Bayless, Joseph Pintz, Sandi Pierantozzi and Amy Sanders.

Featured Presenters:

Hayne Bayless, Joseph Pintz, Sandi Pierantozzi and Amy Sanders

Hayne Bayless Attendees will learn how to. . .

  • Make full use of the extruder and make custom extruder dies
  • Cut stencils from Tyvek
  • Use liquid latex resist with a deer-tail brush
  • Decorate with colored slip inlay
  • Work with stretched slabs
  • Make tools out of common materials and how to modify existing tools to suit a specific need
  • Handbuild functional pots that have good form and function
  • Use circular and rectangular templates, and the method of making various parts fit together.
  • Use alternate ways of treating the bottom of a pot with regard to added feet or foot rings, as well as various types of handles made from slabs and coils.
  • Focus on soft slab construction while considering how stamped patterns and clay appliques enhance the surface
  • Create pieces by pinching, folding and draping thin slabs over bisqued clay molds.
  • Use simple paper templates
  • And much more!

For all the details please visit the Potters Council Website.

Upcoming workshop – POTTERY BASICS with Doug Casebeer and John Gill

by | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized

We are thrilled to announce a public workshop featuring John Gill and Doug
Casebeer, in conjunction with their two-person exhibition at Foster
Gallery, Noble & Greenough School, October 14- November 18th, 2011.

POTTERY BASICS
with Doug Casebeer and John Gill
Saturday November 12, 2011
9am-3pm
Foster Gallery & Ceramics Studio, Noble & Greenough
School
Making pots for daily use is an enjoyable and rewarding experience.
This workshop is an exploration of the fundamentals of pottery making,
both hand built and wheel thrown. The workshop focuses on pots
for the table, including objects made for serving and preparing food,
with Doug and John sharing their many years of ceramic knowledge
and experience.
The workshop will entail morning and afternoon demo sessions.
Lunch will offer the opportunity for a gallery talk in conjunction with
the exhibition in Foster Gallery.
Workshop Fee: $30, $15 for students, free for Nobles students/staff
Space is limited, registration is strongly recommended.
To register: call 781-320-7227 or email [email protected].

More About the Artists


Doug Casebeer is the Artistic Director for Ceramics and Sculpture at the Anderson Ranch
Arts Center. He received his MFA in ceramics from Alfred University and his BFA from
Wichita State University. Doug teaches, lectures, builds kilns and exhibits his artwork
worldwide. His artwork is in collections around the world, including a permanent installation
in 2007 at the Yingge Museum of Ceramics in Taiwan. In 2009, Doug was elected to
the International Academy of Ceramics in Geneva, Switzerland and was a featured artist
at the Chinese Academy of Fine Art in Beijing.

John Gill is a Professor of Ceramic Art at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
University. A member of the Council of the International Academy of Ceramics, he has travelled
and lectured throughout the US, Canada and China. His work has been shown at the
L.A.County Museum of Art; Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York City; Harvey Meadows
Gallery, Aspen; Kraushaar Gallery, New York City; Revolution Gallery, Detroit, Michigan;
and Hadler Rodriquez Gallery in New York. Gill’s work is held in the permanent collections
of numerous art museums including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Victoria
and Albert Museum, London; Newark Museum, New Jersey and the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art.

Noble and Greenough School
10 Campus Drive, Dedham, MA 02026
Telephone 781.320.7227
www.fostergallery.org

Robin Hopper workshop @ Sheridan

by | Oct 4, 2011 | Uncategorized


This will be Robin’s final Ontario workshop. Don’t miss this chance to see one of Canada’s clay legends. Robin Hopper is an internationally known potter, educator, author, gardener, designer and arts activist who has taught and exhibited worldwide. He was the first recipient of the Bronfman Award, Canada’s most prestigious annual award in craft. Join us in the Ceramics Studio after Saturday’s workshop for Robin’s Book Signing. A selection of his books will be availabe for purchase. On Sunday, there will be a Silent Auction of work produced by Robin during the workshop. Parking on campus is free on weekends.
AGENDA Saturday, October 29 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.)
Slide Lecture: Decoration, Design & Surface Enrichment Throwing Demo: Variety of functional & one‐of‐a-kind forms for later trimming and decorating including fluting, faceting, agate ware, coloured clay work, brushwork, etc. Objects will include teapot, large pitcher, goblet, holy grail, coffee mug, beer mug, tri‐foot plate, parabolic bottle, phoenix bowl, squared bowls and plates. Lunch: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. DVD Presentation: Making Marks #3 Throwing Demo: working with coloured clays – thrown agateware or Neriage, Nerikomi block making and Zougan. Book Signing at 4 p.m. in the Ceramics Studio. Robin’s books for sale and refreshments provided.
Sunday, October 30 (9 a.m. – 4 p.m.) Demo: Trimming, assemblage and decoration of thrown work from previous day
Slide and DVD Presentations interspersed throughout demonstrations Lunch: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. Silent Auction at 4 p.m. in the theatre. Robin’s work made during the workshop.

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