Archive of Past Workshops:
Joan Bruneau
May 22 and 23, 2015 Working with terra cotta clay Joan Bruneau uses a combination of wheel throwing and handbuilding to achieve her beautiful work. |
Chris Snedden
March 10 and 11, 2012
Chris Snedden lead a hands-on-workshop during which he demonstrated the creation and subsequent use of screen printed images. He also explored the use of slips, stamps and transfer techniques on leather hard and bisque pots to produce a layered approach to decoration. |
Susan Collett
Friday June 10, 2011
Susan Collett makes large-scale clay sculpture and printmaking. |
Eva Lapka
May 28 and 29, 2011
Eva Lapka is director of the ceramics program at the Visual Arts Centre in Montreal where she has taught since 1991. Eva demonstrated her hand building techniques to create large and small sculptures often using very large slabs of clay to achieve her goal. |
Eric Ciup
February 12 and 13, 2011 Eric has been a studio potter for more than 25 years. He exhibits in Ontario and Quebec, and is regularly part of 1001 pots in Val David, and One of a Kind in Toronto. Eric Ciup gave a demonstration workshop on wheel thrown pots. He primarily makes functional pottery and shared many tips for effective throwing and glazing techniques. Although Eric fires with gas, his mode of working was transferable to all types of clay firing. |
Darlene Keffer
Two-weekend workshop: 08/09 February and 15/16 March 2009 Weekend 1: Darlene demonstrated her throwing techniques while pointing out elements of design in addition to decorating with slips and englobes. She shared tips on throwing large pieces, especially wide bowls all of which would later serve as canvases for decoration during the second weekend. Weekend 2: All participants brought 20-30 pieces, with some at each stage of development: freshly thrown, leather hard, green and bisque ware. Darlene demonstrated many decorating techniques using slip, under glazes, underglaze pencils and sponge stamps. She emphasized the importance of colour, shading, white space and varied lines and dots to enhance the pot’s final look. It was then hands on for the participants, making stamps, developing designs, using colour under her guidance. |
Carol-Ann Michaelson
Carol Ann Michelson, a clay artist for over 30 years, gave a demonstration workshop focused on thrown and altered pots. She demonstrated the use of various tools and techniques e.g., wiggle wire, surform, darting, and stamps to enhance thrown and altered forms. Her emphasis was on the overall balance of form and function in the finished pot. Website: corlannmichelson.com
|
