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WS4 Lana Wilson Innovative Hand-building Techniques
July 20- 24, 2009 10am - 4pm
$430 for members/$450 for non-members
FULL
During this five-day workshop, unusual construction techniques with soft slabs of clay will be used to make cups, plates, bowls and a teapot with stand. Utilizing stiff slabs of clay we will make a box with a workable drawer and inset niche. The boxes can be decorated with layers of stamped imagery.
Also offered: half-dozen ways to make intricate stamps, sprigging techniques, bas-relief tiles, layers clay tiles and making and modifying textures.
Samples of many glazes with formulas will be available to inspect.
An open artistic dialogue and encouraging critiques will be part of the creative process. Bring along two pieces of personal work or some images. An inspirational field trip to the American Visionary Art Museum will also be part of the class experience!
Some clay experience is helpful, but beginners with an adventuresome attitude are welcome.
Class fee includes: one week of instruction, 25lbs. of clay, bisque firings, and entrance fee to the American Visionary Art Museum.
Biography
Lana Wilson, a third generation native Californian, has given 80 workshops on handbuilding including ones at Arrowmont, Penland, Mendocino Art Center, Metchosin and Peters Valley. She has also taught in Canada, Israel, New Zealand and South Africa and has written a regular column for Clay Times magazine since 1996. Her work has been in over 180 shows and appears in fourteen books including both volumes of The Best of Pottery and Kathy Triplett’s Handbuilt Ceramics and several of Robin Hopper’s books. She is the author of Ceramics: Shape and Surface, which includes extensive cone 6 and cone 04 electric glazes she has developed. A video “Soft Slab Techniques with Lana Wilson” has been produced on her working techniques and she was a featured demonstrator at 2003 NCECA where a video was also produced on her. She is currently on the board of Craft Emergency Relief Fund. She has appeared twice on Discovery Channel to extol the delights of working in clay while making a teapot.
