Instructor: Andréa Keys Connell
Explore the expressive figure through intuitive handbuilding techniques. Participants will construct hollow figurative forms while considering gesture, proportion, posture, character, and surface. Through demonstrations, experimentation, and individual development, participants will be encouraged to embrace playful problem-solving and develop a personal approach to figurative clay.
Instructor: Shikha Joshi Explore techniques for creating rustic and earthy surfaces in an electric kiln using foraged clay, rocks, slips and glazes. The focus of the workshop will be on understanding the process through experimentation. Open to all skill levels.
Instructor: Natalia Arbelaez In this sculptural workshop, we will build reusable wooden armatures for figures, animals, and zoomorphic forms. We will also explore modular building techniques for larger, more accessible sculptures using basic techniques such as coil, slab, and solid construction.
Instructor: Michael Kline Explore expressive ceramic surfaces through brushwork, stamping, and inlay. Emphasizing brushwork on clay, participants experiment with line, botanical imagery, pattern, and layered slips, discovering how thoughtful surface treatments can enrich, animate, and transform ceramic forms through playful, hands-on exploration.
