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Taos Clay 2009 Summer Workshops
June 13th & 14th : Alix Kraft : Explorations in Surface Design : $195
In this workshop we will explore the malleable nature of clay in relation to drawing and image transfer. Techniques such as
scraffito, mishima, slip trailing, mono-printing, and screen printing will be investigated. We will navigate territories including
pattern and decoration, contour drawing, abstraction, and imagination using slips, underglazes, and glazes.
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June 27th & 28th : Betsy Williams : Some Assembly Required : $215
Assembling parts in clay exponentially expands the artist’s visual vocabulary and generates a wide range of possibilities. In this workshop, participants will explore options for assembling various parts to make a unified whole, including the incorporation of wheel thrown elements with slab-built pieces, the making of larger pieces from two or more smaller components, and the efficient assembly of spouts, handles, and feet. Timing and design will be our prevailing themes as we make our own tools and explore specific techniques for building the visual complexity of a piece while keeping in mind the cohesive whole.
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July 11th & 12th : Nancy Magnusson : Stacked Boxes : $195
Create boxes that complement each other by using lids as bases. Oval, square, and round shapes will be explored. The surface decoration for these pieces will be orientated toward salt and soda firing using slips and brushwork, as well as glazes specific for atmospheric firing. If you sign up for both Logan and Nancy’s workshops recieve 10% discount on both.
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July 18th & 19th : Logan Wannamaker : Salt Firing : $195
In this workshop we will be loading and firing a salt kiln on Saturday. Participants are encouraged to bring work or create pieces the previous week at Taos Clay. Sunday there will be a hands on demo focusing on a variety of tools and slips to enhance flashing, corrosion and catchment. Participants will learn a variety of different surface decoration techniques at various stages of the drying process. We will also explore the different minerals and clays that promote strong color in a variety of different kiln atmospheres. Unload the kiln Monday.
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July 25th & 26th : Leah Leitson : Wheel Thrown, Altered and Assembled Utilitarian Pottery : $295
This two-day workshop will deal with some of the ways to manipulate both the form and the surface of freshly thrown pots. Techniques and ideas of altered parts will be directed toward the making of functional pots. A slide presentation will also be included and the atmosphere will be one of adventure, playfulness, and creativity. This is a hand on workshop using porcelain.
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August 14th : Austin Soei Babcock : The Japanese Tea Ceremony : $20
Tea Ceremony Master, Austin Soei Babcock will give a informative and captiviating lecture on
Japanese Tea Ceremony, focusing specifically on ceramics used. Austin will discuss the
historical significance, and the relationship between reverence of teaware and the economic
impact it has had on the ceramic world. Slides and actual pieces from his collection will be
viewed. This is an opportunity for the potter and the tea student alike to learn more about the
heart of Japanese ceramics.
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August 15th & 16th : Don Rietz : Two Days on the Wheel : $400
Don Rietz will be following up on Austin's lecture on tea ware. Don will be throwing pots for us for two days. We have asked Don to
share with us some of his experiences in Japan and share some of his understanding of tea ware and Japanese ceramics. Don will be making pots of all shapes and sizes in the style that is unmistakably his. He will change the way you look and work with clay.
This is a workshop you don't want to miss! Signing up for Don's workshop will include you in Austin's Tea Ceremony lecture.
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August 22nd & 23rd : Matthew Towers : Large Porcelain Vessels on the Wheel : $265
In this two day workshop, Matthew Towers will demonstrate how he incorporates all the basic techniques of clay forming, such as wheel throwing, slip casting, press molding, stamping and assembling multiple parts to create objects such as plates, tea pots and sculptural vases. Processes such as wheel throwing a plate on a plaster mold, and making casting slip from the scraps of your throwing clay in order to have compatible thrown and slip cast parts, will also be demonstrated. On day one of the workshop parts will be made and on day two they will be assembled.
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August 29th & 30th : Lorna Meaden : Altered Forms & Decorative Surfaces : $215
This workshop will focus on throwing and altering forms using porcelain. Demonstrations
will include straightforward functional pots, such as cups and bowls, in addition to
unusual forms such as spoons and watering cans. We will then decorate the pots,
learning to divide up space using the slip inlay technique called mishima.
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To Register:
Call » 575-770-4334.
Email » potmaker@gmail.com.
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