by Carole Epp | Feb 11, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
More and more frequently lately i’ve been getting emails and instagram messages asking about how I achieve the thin drawing lines on my functional dishes. Hopefully without risking any and all future workshop invites I’m going to share the secret today. I draw the images in pencil on bone dry clay, cover that in wax and then use cheap dollar store sewing needles to carve the drawing through the wax in into the clay surface. I then use a black underglaze to fill in the lines.
When I posted this on instagram the lovely Grace DePledge mentioned she used sewing needles as well (albeit the other end) and suggested finding a mechanical pencil that would hold the needles to save my fingers. Brilliant! Thanks Grace!
by Carole Epp | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Juxtaposed Connections
1812 5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710
Wednesday – Sunday 12 – 5:30
by Carole Epp | Jan 31, 2015 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Ian Connors is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Taos Clay in El Prado,
NM. He recently achieved his BFA with a concentration in Ceramics from
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. You can find more images at www.ianconnors.com or on Instagram @ianjconnors
by Carole Epp | Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
May 31 – Jun 6
Explore how form
and surface in pottery can be used to tell stories about human
connection. Instruction will include how to throw pots and add
sculptural elements to a basic form; use non-ceramic materials on
various clay surfaces; use collage elements and easily available
materials to best advantage; create and apply decals; and generate new
ideas. Discuss the pros and cons of down-firing. For all levels.
Find out more about this workshop and many others with artists such as: Bob Green, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Sarah Jaeger, Lisa Houck, Mark Shapiro, Valerie Gilman, Hayne Bayless, Chandra DeBuse, Steve Theberge, Christy Knox, Tiffany Hilton, Molly Hatch, Elaine Buss, and Kyle Carpenter.
http://public.snowfarm.org/public/Workshops.faces
