by Carole Epp | Jul 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Surface Expression
Saturday, August 15th- One Day Workshop
$150 per person (maximum 8 students)
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Held at my studio in beautiful Maleny on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland,
this intimate workshop will explore surface techniques the can be used
on a wide variety of ceramic vessels .
- introduction to the beautiful, translucent porcelain.
- design
- pattern
- surface texture
- imagery
Each participant will create a porcelain bowl with your own design.
What we are aiming for is a reflection of your own unique personality
with all it’s complexity, in your final design! Suitable for all levels
of experience.
Vegetarian lunch provided.
Master Class
Finding your Expression
Sunday August 16th- One Day Workshop
$150 per person (maximum 8 students)
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Need inspiration to kickstart your practice?
- Inspiration
- Techniques
- Design development
- Philosophical musing
A teabowl will serve as the
initial inspiration, this small vessel is the conduit to wider ideas
ranging from the importance of line, the true weight of volume, how to
solve technical design issues in all mediums from textiles to painting,
and what to do when you are at a creative dead end.
Designed as creative boost for experienced artists in any
field, germinate your ideas with a day in Maleny and an intense burst of
inspiration.
Vegetarian lunch and a lot of artist’s talk provided!
http://shannongarsonporcelain.com.au/
by Carole Epp | Jun 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Soft Slabs & Surface Decoration ARTS180
During
this 4 day course you will explore a plethora of surface decoration
techniques while learning to build bowls and vases with soft slabs.
Techniques include using stencils, making plaster texture tiles,
designing stamps and stencils, using shellac and wax resist,and decorating with underglazes.
Instructor: M. McDiarmid
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu July 13 – July 16,
9:00AM-4:00PM, $281.24
by Carole Epp | Jun 5, 2013 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
Geribi Ceramics – Painting a platter from Bella Italia / Experience Umbria on Vimeo.
Geribi Studio artist Assunta Ribigini hand paints a serving platter.
by Carole Epp | Jan 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Low-Low Fire, No Fire and Setting the Web on Fire | July 15th – 19th
Expand your palette. For this workshop, we will focus on “low-low
fire” ceramic surface decoration like china paint, decals and lusters.
We’ll also explore some “no-fire” options like sandblasting, “Lazertran”
inkjet decals and mosaics. Students may bring their own finished,
glazed ceramic pieces to decorate, or even choose to focus on working on
“repurposed” pieces rescued from the thrift store.
We’ll serve up surface with a side of marketing. If you need help
with your web presence, social media or Photoshop chops, you’ve come to
the right place.
Bio:
Garth Johnson is a writer, artist and educator who lives and works in
Eureka, California. He is an assistant professor of art at College of
the Redwoods. Garth has written for magazines like CRAFT, Readymade, FiberArts and Hand/Eye. His first book, 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse was published by Quarry in November, 2009. He has also contributed to books like Handmade Nation, Craftivity, Craft Corps and World of Geekcraft. His work has been exhibited internationally, as well as featured in magazines such as The Observer, Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, Metropolis and The Artist’s Magazine. His blog, Extremecraft.com is a compendium of “art masquerading as craft, craft masquerading as art and craft extending its middle finger”.
Garth is also a curator, with two recent exhibitions under his belt.
His first exhibition, “Renewal Notice” was curated for the 2010 American
Conservation Film Festival in Shepherdstown, WV. His second exhibition,
“Era Messages” was curated from the permanent collection of the Museum
of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. He also served as guest
editor for the Summer 2012 “Inside/Out” issue of Studio Potter magazine.
999 Tahoe Boulevard
Incline Village, NV 89451
P: (775) 831-1314
www.sierranevada.edu/academics/summer-art-workshops-2/garth-johnson/
by Carole Epp | Oct 23, 2012 | call for entry, emerging artist, job posting, monday morning eye candy, movie day, residency opportunity, show us your influences, technical tuesday
via Wikipedia:
“Lusterware or Lustreware (respectively the US and all other English spellings) is a type of pottery or porcelain with a metallic glaze that gives the effect of iridescence, produced by metallic oxides in an overglaze finish, which is given a second firing at a lower temperature in a “muffle kiln“, reduction kiln, which excludes oxygen.”
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