Workshops with John Britt in Raleigh North Carolina 2011

Workshop 1: Thrown, Altered, & Assembled
John Britt

Saturday, October 1, 2011
10:00 – 5:00

In this workshop, John Britt will present how he throws, alters, and assembles porcelain and stoneware into a variety of shapes–everything from jars to vases. He will discuss and demonstrate how he approaches the wheel as a forming tool. His demonstration will include closed forms and applications as well as a multitude of variations from tight forms to loose tea bowls. It will be an action-packed day designed for beginning to intermediate potters.

Fee: $75



Workshop 2: Understanding Glazes
John Britt

Sunday, October 2, 2011
10:00 – 5:00

John Britt will give a general overview of ceramic glazes and glaze materials in this workshop. He will also discuss different firing methods and will cover cones, kilns, firing dynamics, and properties of various ceramic materials. The atmosphere will be fun and relaxed, with plenty of time for questions and answers and will include some more structured lecture periods as well. The content of the discussion will be directed by the participants’ interest. This class is appropriate for students of all levels.

Fee: $75


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Kang Seung Chul Workshop – Traditional Korean Pottery Methods.





Kang Seung Chul will demonstrate traditional and contemporary Korean pottery making including coil and throwing large forms.

Please join us for a rare learning opportunity.

September 17th 10am to 5 pm

Stoneware Studio 778 Corydon Ave, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Registration fee $40 or $30 for students.

Lunch will be provided.

To register, call 475-8088 – numbers are limited so please register early.

For more information call David Krindle at 688-5361

http://stonewaregallery.com/

Ceramic Surfaces workshop with Peter Beard

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September 19-23, 2011

The ANU Ceramics workshop (in Canberra Australia) will host Peter Beard (UK), internationally renowned ceramic artists and author of Resist and Masking Techniques, A&C Black 1996.

Participants will explore surface decoration techniques, from working with soft clays through to glazed surfaces. Experimenting with an unusually wide range of techniques for decorating clay surfaces, covering exciting ways of creating pattern and texture at different stages in the making process, both before and after firing. Participants will leave with a ‘visual library’ of examples of surface decoration techniques.

Cost: $400 (materials included)

September 19-23, 2011 9am – 4pm

For further information and registration please contact: Joanne Searle

[email protected] / 02 6125 5823

Michigan Mud 2011

Michigan Mud is a conference offered every 2 years by the Michigan Ceramic Art Association. The conference includes demonstrations and lectures by many Michigan ceramic artists. This year the featured keynote speaker is Robert Piepenburg.

The conference also will include sessions on construction techniques, surface treatment, and glazing. Whether a full-time potter or one who wishes they had more time to work with clay, a college art instructor or a public school teacher, a graduate student or someone still in high school, you will find many things at this conference that will be practical.

October 7 & 8, 2011

Washtenaw Community College

4800 E. Huron River Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48105

9:00am – 4:00pm each day

Exhibition of Presentor’s Work at Gallery One, Student Activites Building on WCC Campus Juried Student Show: Details for submitting work coming soon. Cup & Mug Fundraiser: Details for donating cups for the sale coming soon. Keynote Speaker: Robert Piepenburg, plus book signing following the keynote address. Michigan Mud Registration: Family, Student or Faculty registration: please use the Mail-in Registration Form Individuals and Institutions can Register online for Michigan Mud 2011 with a major credit card using PayPal. Click here to go to the Online Registration page.

Presenters & Demontrators Click here for details on lectures and demonstrations. Friday

  • Robert Piepenburg: Keynote Speaker
  • Jeremy Brooks: Lecture
  • Jeri Hollister: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Nicole Marroquin: Demonstration
  • Ian Thomas: Demonstration

Saturday

  • Craig Clifford: Demonstration
  • Daria Kim: Brush Workshop
  • Paul Kotula: Lecture
  • Debbie Kupinsky: Demonstration
  • Gail Piepenburg: Demonstration
  • Greg Stahly: Lecture

Visit their website here.

Workshop – Lowfire Layering, 2 Days 2 Ways: Liz Quackenbush & Lisa Orr

Saturday – Sunday, September 10 – 11, 10am – 4pm Fee: $180 members; $200 non-members

In this 2-day demonstration workshop, each artist will share their techniques for surface enhancement. Lisa will start her part of the workshop by throwing and handbuilding soft pottery in bisque molds. Forms will include dinnerware, sugar/creamer set, salt cellar, and a compote/vase centerpiece. She will demonstrate how to make sprig molds from plasticene, apply various slips for depth and layering, and then decorate with the sprigs. Nichrome wire is used to attach moving parts. Glazing will be demonstrated on a bisque fired piece.

Liz Quackenbush thinks ornamentation is a fascinating way we can make our world more complex and beautiful and will demonstrate her handbuilding and brushwork glaze techniques. Liz will bring bisque fired red-earthenware pieces to demonstrate the way she develops her glaze painted surfaces. She will discuss her abstract visual language based on metaphor and symbolism. Slide presentations and discussions will include European and Islamic decorative clay traditions.
Liz Quackenbush is a Professor of Art at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA. She received her BFA from the University of CO, Boulder and her MFA from The School for American Craftsmen at Rochester Institute for Technology. Liz has taught numerous workshops at crafts schools and many universities and colleges across the country. Her work has appeared in numerous books and art publications, and is included in many private and public collections including Aberystwyth Arts Center, The George Gardener Museum, and Arizona State University Art Museum. For 27 years Lisa Orr has been professional potter and student of ceramics. She completed an MFA at the NYSCC at Alfred University in 1992 and later received grants including a Fulbright and a MAAA/NEA. Her work is in numerous public and private collections including the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, and the permanent collection of WOCEF in Korea. Currently she teaches, lectures and shows nationally and internationally

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