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22 SEPT – 5 OCT 2019 NATURE TRADITION with Adam Field
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Nature Tradition
with Adam Field
September 22-October 5,
2019
In this two-week workshop
Adam Field will demonstrate his methods for carving intricate pattern on a
variety of wheel-thrown porcelain forms.
He will also demonstrate traditional Korean Onggi coil and paddle
pottery techniques. From ancient Korean techniques, to innovative solutions for
timeless problems, participants will develop a new perspective on creating and
decorating functional pottery. Participants
will learn new skills for mapping out and carving geometric patterns in
clay. Generous discussions about studio
practice, aesthetics, materials, ceramic history, and promotion and marketing
strategies for the studio potter are certain to encourage individual discovery,
growth, and development of fresh ideas. Participants will gain the skills and
confidence to create and decorate work in their own voice.
I am fascinated
with antique artifacts, the way they can speak of mastery of lost peoples,
places, and cultures. This inspires me to create works that both radiate
history and capture my own place and time. I work toward a clean aesthetic that
celebrates the masterful simplicity of antique Far Eastern pottery, while
retaining the modest utility of colonial American wares. The surface of my
pottery is meticulously carved with intricate designs that borrow from nature
and incorporate the human touch. Much of the carving on my work is informed by
pattern languages found in indigenous fiber art, such as Hawaiian tapa, Incan
cordage, and Zulu basketry.
Sunday, Sept. 22: Welcome Dinner and slide talk
Nature Tradition. Adam will discuss
and share images and videos highlighting the inspirations, motivations, and
influences that inform his work.
Monday, Sept. 23: Building
blocks for a strong foundation
Demonstration 1, A Fresh Approach: Step-by-step detailed
techniques for wedging, centering,
opening, compressing, pulling walls, shaping, and finishing a thrown cylinder
will allow students of all levels to fine tune their skills upon a solid
foundation.
Demonstration 2, Cups and mugs: Demonstrate a variety of cup forms
on the wheel with an emphasis on exploration of rims, volume, interior space,
handles, function, and feet.
Afternoon: Open studio time, with plenty of personal tutorial
support from Adam
Tuesday,
Sept. 24: Exploring volume and form on
the wheel
Demonstration 1, Throwing continues with demonstrations of full
volume vases and covered jars using a double ribbing technique. Thrown lids and
lid seats also demonstrated.
Demonstration 2, Cups: Pattern layout, carving, trimming, cleanup,
and finishing.
Afternoon: Open studio
time, with plenty of personal tutorial support from Adam
Wednesday,
Sept. 25: Plates/Platters/Bowls
Emphasis on function and form.
Designing for decoration and function.
-Intensive decoration layout demo:
using lasers for precision pattern layout.
-Pattern layout for stretching
carving patterns over large voluminous forms.
Afternoon: Open studio time, with plenty of personal tutorial
support from Adam
Thursday, Sept.
26: Larger forms: smarter
not harder
Approaches to throwing smarter not
harder to achieve larger sophisticated forms.
Afternoon: Open studio time, with plenty of personal tutorial
support from Adam
Friday, Sept.
27: Trimming and Finalizing Forms
Bringing small and larger works to
conclusion
Continuing to develop and employ
carving layout and techniques
-Afternoon: Open studio time, with plenty of personal tutorial
support from Adam
Saturday,
Sept.28: Final Marks
Final trimming, carving details for
smaller works.
Bisque kiln loaded for long candle
and firing beginning at night.
Sunday, Sept.
29: FREE
DAY
(Bisque
kiln firing.)
Monday, Sept.
30: ONGGI
Pots
Onggi from start of class to lunch,
continued after lunch and into mid-afternoon. Large (150 liter) Onggi jar.
Demonstration will have images and video from my time in Korea during my
apprenticeship as well as live demonstration of Onggi method.
Throwing large sectional forms: throwing
floor, lower wall, and upper wall as 3 separate parts of the same pot.
(These
works will be for practice only—not to be fired during the workshop)
Tuesday, Oct.
1: Glaze Intro
Unloading bisque wares.
Beginning discussion of glaze
possibilities, perfecting glaze application, etc.
Continue working on (assembling) sectional
large forms. Finalize Onggi pots.
Wednesday,
Oct. 2: Glaze
Day
A day of glazing.
Decorative carving of Onggi vessels
(optional).
Thursday,
Oct. 3: EXCURSION
A visit to the Javanese big pot
makers, plus and excursion TBD…
(Glaze kiln firing.)
Friday, Oct.
4: Photography and
Social Media
An
in-depth presentation on my approach to photography and content production for
Instagram and Facebook (documenting the studio process)
Unloading
the kiln in the afternoon.
Photography
session.
Saturday,
Oct. 5: Conclusion
Final display and discussion of
finished works. Packing and concluding
after a last lunch together.
4-17 AUGUST 2019 BIOMORPHICS: Natural Forms in Clay with Carol Gouthro and Cj Jilek
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BIOMORPHICS: Natural Forms in Clay
with Carol Gouthro & Cj Jilek
with Carol Gouthro & Cj Jilek
August 4-17,
2019
The natural environment inspires Carol
Gouthro and Cj Jilek during their world travels informing their
unique biomorphic ceramic sculptures. Their work features animated forms and
signature surfaces.
Join Carol and Cj in creating unusual
and exuberant works in clay inspired by the island paradise of
Bali. Investigate methods and develop concepts to build your
personal visual vocabulary. Explore a layered approach to the ceramic surface
that evolves from wet clay through bone dry to bisque. Techniques will include
hand-building with wooden drape molds, soft slab building, creating
texture slabs, and one part segment molds for three-dimensional
forms. Carol and Cj will also reveal a behind the scenes look at the
engineering necessary to produce elaborate sculptural forms. Surface
practices will include the use of color, pattern making, texturing, carving,
wax resist, stenciling, and sgraffito. A beautiful two weeks of ceramic
practice and island adventure!
First Week
August 4, Sunday
- 6:00 pm
Welcome
dinner at Indus Restaurant with
introductions. Carol and Cj will be sharing an overview of their own work and
adventures. We will have dinner while getting to know one another.
August 5, Monday (Daily
Studio Hours 9:am – 5:00 pm w/ lunch provided)
Studio
orientation: Participants will become acquainted with our beautiful studio home
away from home. The artists begin with an overview of the processes they will
be teaching during this workshop; they will discuss the similarity and
differences between their practices. We will discuss the timetable for the
coming two weeks and gather information about firing options with the Gaya
studio.
(*Not all
large-scale sculpture will be fired. If
participants want large works to be bisque-fired when adequately dry, Gaya does
offer this. Participants will need to
arrange for shipping works home independently: Gaya will put you in direct
contact with their reliable shipping agent to do so. Only small-scale sculpture
will be finished through the glazing process during the two weeks.)
And
away we go….Carol will begin the workshop showing how she uses her Segment Mold
Process to construct her unusual, segmented forms. Through her
straightforward process using one segment mold we can manipulate and alter
component parts to arrive at many variations and different expressions of form.
You can review Carol's process that was published in Ceramics Monthly
Magazine March 2018. http://www.carolgouthro.com/ceramics_monthly_artcle_2018.pdf
In
the afternoon, participants will begin by drawing simple shapes on paper and
cutting paper templates, then proceed to sculpt solid clay into the wooden
forms. (Materials will be provided) Next they will carve, facet the clay form
and add bas-relief if desired. Carol will demonstrate this process step by step.
By the end of this first exciting day participants will be pouring plaster on
their prototypes to create their very own Segment Mold.
August
6, Tuesday
In
the morning we will unmold the forms, clean them up and begin to use them right
away to create your sculptural form. Carol will show how to put the parts
together, in addition to adding slips and texture to enhance form.
In
the afternoon, Carol will demonstrate how she cuts into her leather hard forms to
create interior spaces with textures by creating and using texture slabs
to add bas-relief.
August
7, Wednesday
In
the morning, Cj will demonstrate her hand-building process for creating
her unusual biomorphic forms. Cj’s
process is a hybrid of soft slab / coil building while integrating in pinch
forms. Her forms are encompassed in carved and embossed surfaces, Cj will dive
into her approach for developing the content of her work while getting the
participants started on a form of their own. Participants will be lead in a
maquette building exercise to spark biomorphic inspiration.
In
the afternoon, everyone will take a field trip to visit the Bedugal
Botanical Gardens in order to gain further inspirations for our botanically
inspired forms. Carol and Cj will describe the lens in which each views
botanical specimens in relation to the work they create.
August
8, Thursday
Inspired by our garden excursion, Carol and Cj
will be encouraging the investigation of new surfaces for participants on
small-scale pinch forms and maquettes.
These forms will be used to experiment with a variety of glazing
techniques and discuss surface development.
August
9, Friday
Drape/Drop Mold Friday - Carol and Cj both use
custom-made wooden drape molds (also referred to as a drop molds) in their
practice. They will both be demonstrating side by side showing how they
use these wooden molds in their own work, a wonderful opportunity to see how
two artists utilize the same technique with very different results. These molds
are a fantastic way to make elements for sculptural forms or to create
utilitarian forms. Everyone will have time to utilize the molds to make their
own shapes and forms. Carol and Cj will show how to cut, alter, stack etc.
these molded shapes to make many diverse forms.
August
10, Saturday
In the morning, Carol and Cj will be working with participants
to finish up the work they have made so far including all the techniques you
have learned, plaster segment molds, drape molds, hand-building
techniques, surface techniques included in the small-scale forms.
Early afternoon, Carol and Cj will dive into
color with the goal of having pieces ready to bisque fire by end of day. The artists both use underglazes in their
work and they will demonstrate several underglaze techniques to incorporate
color, and pattern into your work. Adding color at the leather hard and bone
dry stage is an important way to add more depth to your work as it gives you
another opportunity to stain on top of that color on the bisque. Carol and Cj
will share their individual approaches to these methods in their demos using
wax resist, sgraffito, wax inlay, shellac resist and more.
We finish up by loading a bisque kiln
BISQUE
KILN firing begins at midnight (with Gaya CAC staff)
August
11, Sunday FREE DAY
Will be a day off from the studio. Participants
may explore the island, have a spa day, take a cooking class, or just relax and
sketch poolside as they wish. (Participants will plan their own
adventures this day; feel free to ask us for recommendations.)
BISQUE
KILN firing
Second
Week
August
12, Monday
In the Morning, The bisque kiln will be unloaded and
results will be discussed as a group. Carol and Cj will continue to demonstrate
creating surface depth with staining techniques as well as other glazing
techniques to enhance the texture on your work.
In the afternoon, Carol and Cj will be working with
participants to envision the migration of their ideas with the new skills they
have been introduced to during the first week.
Participants will start larger scale forms using a combination of the
various molds, hand-building and surface techniques.
August
13, Tuesday
Everyone will be working side-by-side, enjoying the
each other’s creative energy in the beautiful island studio. Cj will share her engineering
strategies with internal structures for building complex forms that will be stable
through a firing process. Carol and Cj will be working on their techniques
simultaneously, as will all participants: lots to do!!
*Note: These
larger scale sculptures will only be bisque-fired if the participants have made
arrangements with Gaya, otherwise we will enjoy the freedom of working and
experimenting without the demand of a finished product.
August
14, Wednesday
Another blissful studio day concluding with the loading
of a glaze kiln.
GLAZE
KILN firing begins at midnight (with Gaya CAC staff)
August
15, Thursday
Full day of studio work. Concluding projects.
*Note:
participants can work on larger pieces until the very end of the workshop—large
pieces will only be fired when the studio judges them adequately dry (this
could be weeks after the workshop concludes), and when the studio can fit them into their firing schedule.
GLAZE
KILN FIRING
August
16, Friday
Another Adventure Day!
BAMBU
INDAH river pool/jungle exploration
August
17, Saturday
Workshop wrap-up! Unloading of glaze kiln, critical
discussions and conclusion.
We will share a final lunch and depart by 2:00pm.
*All lunches will be served daily noon-1pm
family-style in the studio mezzanine.
**Details listed in this preliminary schedule are
subject to change; a finalized version will be included in participant welcome
package.
v For further information on the artists and their processes you may follow
them on the web or contact them directly with questions?
Carol Gouthro
Facebook: Carol Gouthro
Instagram: gouthrocarol
carolgouthro@comcast.net
Cj Jilek
Facebook & Instagram: Cj Jilek
cjjilekartist@gmail.com
7-20 JULY 2019 THE ESSENCE OF CRYSTALLINE: Forms, Formulas, Firing with Ginny Conrow
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The
Essence of Crystalline: Forms, Formulas, Firing
with
Ginny Conrow
July
7-20, 2019
Swoon into the flowery blooms of a
crystalline glaze and come home with
all the detailed notes in hand on how to make the magic happen in your own
studio. With a lifetime of experience in
clay, crystalline glaze expert, Ginny
Conrow, will lead this two-week immersion into all the minutiae of the
crystalline process. Beginning with
finding the most suitable forms to carry the glaze, participants will be guided
in throwing, altering, trimming and hand-building to suit. Then the alchemy will be completely unveiled
with a rigorous break-down of everything from glaze formulation, to choices of
brushed or sprayed application, and firing in either oxidation or
reduction. Finally, essential attention
will be paid to the post-firing finishing of the works: removal of pedestals,
etching, and striking. No detail will be
omitted, though of course, some alchemy will still remain: the gorgeous
spontaneity of crystal formations within the layers of the glaze itself… Get ready for big ahhhhhhs!
This 2-week
workshop will focus on the magic of crystalline firing: the glazes, firing schedules
and effects that make each kiln opening an exciting surprise! While the
workshop will focus on firings, both oxidation and reduction as well as post
fire effects, we’ll also explore the particular qualities of porcelain,
stretching, altering, joining, and cutting the clay using both throwing and
handbuilding to create pieces that accentuate the crystalline glazes. This
workshop is suitable for all levels of throwing abilities and all levels of
glaze work.
Sunday, July 7 Welcome
Dinner Moksa Restaurant
6-8:30pm
Introducing
ourselves, who we are as potters and what we hope to learn. A powerpoint
presentation of the history and evolution of my forms and surfaces.
Monday, July 8
Preparing to glaze…. GCAC
Introduction
to the studio, making ourselves at home.
Making
pedestals and catcher trays, planning the glazes, preparing the glazes.
Glaze
demonstrations - Spraying, brushing, dipping and combining techniques. Using
both micro and macro crystalline glazes. Students glaze just a few of the
pieces they have brought, both finished pots and small test pieces.
(Some pre-bisqued test pieces will also be
provided for each participant.)
Tuesday, July 9 Glazing and Making GCAC
Continuing
previous day glazing and conversations
about glaze and firing techniques.
Clay
demonstrations, both throwing and slab built.
Load
kiln. (Firing begun at midnight)
Wednesday, July 10
Oxidation Cone 10 GCAC
Fire first
kiln as high fire oxidation, monitoring firing to set specific holding temps
according to Crystaline firing schedule.
Demos
continue: altering, combining forms, trimming the pieces. Participants start their own pieces.
Thursday, July 11 Glittering Inspiration
John Hardy Jewelry factory and showroom tour
Afternoon:
More clay demonstrations. Continued making.
Friday, July 12 Unload GCAC
Unload first
kiln and observe/discuss results, plan next glazes..
Post-firing
attention: Finish bottoms. Do a vinegar soak.
Saturday, July 13 Post-Firing Firings GCAC
Do a post
fire reduction firing (up to 800C and fast cool)
Do a Strike Firing (another lower temp oxidation re-fire with fast cool)
Finish WET
clay work.
Sunday, July 14 FREE DAY anywhere
Bali
Monday, July 15 Final
Details on Greenware GCAC
Any final
trimming, etc. on greenware.
Spray and
paint encapsulated stains on greenware and bisque.
More glazing
for the next kilns.
Load and
bisque finished pieces.
Tuesday, July 16 Exploring
Flora, Fauna & Culture
Excursion: visit to Tabanan Butterfly Park and
Batukaru Mountain Water Temple; lunch overlooking the Jatih Luwih, the famous
UNESCO heritage rice terraces.
BISQUE KILN FIRING
Wednesday, July 17
Full
Glaze Day GCAC
Unload
bisque and dive into glazing.
Load two
kilns:
one for Cone 10 Oxidation (large
kiln)
one for Cone 10 Reduction (small
kiln)
Thursday, July 18 Oxidation Cone 10 Firing GCAC
Fire second
high fire oxidation, monitoring firing to set specific holding temps according
to Crystaline firing schedule.
Tour of Gaya Ceramic production studio (1hr)
Friday, July 19 Reduction Cone 10 Firing GCAC
Fire small
kiln as cone 10 reduction, monitoring firing to set specific holding temps
according to Crystaline firing schedule.
Unload
results from Cone 10 Oxidation.
Attend to
post-firing clean up and finishes.
Saturday, July 19 Unload and Conclude GCAC
Unload and
finish the last pieces.
Photograph
and pack after a small exhibit of our work while considering the results of all
the various glazes and techniques!
Final lunch
and farewells.
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