Santa Fe Clay Summer 2010 Workshops

KATHRYN FINNERTY
CONSTRUCTED DECORATION: INTEGRATING FORM AND SURFACE

JUNE 14 - 18

Kathryn is known for her richly layered earthenware surfaces and elegant functional pottery forms that reveal her interest and passion for European decorative traditions. Participants will begin by making plaster tablets which they will incise with patterns, designs and images. Terra-cotta clay will be pressed into the incised tablets, transferring the carved decoration to slabs prior to building. Integration of form and surface is achieved by using these image laden slabs to construct pots with delineated images and motifs. White slip will be applied, and Kathryn will discuss her use of cone 04 glazes, oxides, and underglazes, with the aim of creating low-fire surfaces rich with depth and interest. In addition, Kathryn will demonstrate making and using simple sprig molds, as well as using the potter’s wheel to impart volume into slab constructed forms.
Previous handbuilding skills necessary and basic wheel throwing an asset.

KATHRYN FINNERTY is a studio potter in Pleasant Hill, Oregon where she also teaches ceramics at Lane Community College. She earned her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Her work is shown and collected in the US, Canada and the UK. You can see her work at www.pleasanthillpottery.com and www.kathrynfinnerty.com.

JERILYN VIRDEN
SCULPTURAL VESSELS: HOLLOW FORMS

JUNE 21 - 25

Using the vernacular of the vessel and working within a narrow range of forms, Jerilyn uses the power of subtlety to create intimate spaces. Working with earthenware clay, students will use handbuilding techniques to explore the vessel as both a sculptural container and an abstract object. Beginning with small maquettes, students will experiment with shape and proportion, brainstorming directly with clay. This collection of rapidly developed three-dimensional sketches will become a resource for the rest of the workshop. With a focused study of proportion, structure, and surface, students will learn to translate these solid objects into hollow forms. Students will build double-walled vessels through pinching, coiling, and carving, using these techniques to explore issues of scale. Completed work will be bisque fired after the workshop.
Open to all levels.

JERILYN VIRDEN received her BFA from West Virginia University in 1997, and then completed an assistantship with Silvie Granatelli. She received her MFA from Southern Methodist University in 2001, and studied abroad at the Jing-de-zhen Institute in China. She was an artist-in-residence at Penland School of Crafts, has exhibited at the Mint Museum of Craft and Design, and has work in the permanent collection of NCECA. In 2006 she received a North Carolina Arts Fellowship Grant. Jerilyn is currently a full-time studio potter in Mitchell County, North Carolina.

AYUMI HORIE
DRAWING ANIMALS ON POTTERY

JUNE 28 - JULY 2

Warning: check for coffee before examining the foot of this mug. Ayumi’s earthenware pots, adorned with playful drawings of animals, showcase a masterful interaction between two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional forms. Students in this class will learn Ayumi’s sgraffito technique for drawing through white slip on clay. What does it mean to work within the infinity of the cylinder? How does food relate to the image? Where do we place our hands in relation to the drawing? Where do we place our drawing in relation to the form? Ayumi’s demonstrations will include her dry throwing method and altering techniques, and will focus on drawing animals. Students should bring their own source material for inspiration, and there will be one small glaze firing for experimentation. Open to all levels.

AYUMI HORIE, originally from Maine, received her BA from Mount Holyoke College, her BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, and her MFA from the University of Washington. She is on the board of directors of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts and has taught many workshops on functional ceramics across the U.S. and internationally. Ayumi is a studio potter in Cottekill, New York, drawing inspiration from American and Japanese folk traditions and comics.

ANDY BRAYMAN
PRINT AND CLAY

JULY 5 - 9

There is a world of surface possibilities that can be unlocked through print and clay. This workshop will give students an overview of the options, with in-depth exploration of many of the most successful methods. Ceramic transfers can be made of pattern, imagery, text or a combination of these. Participants will learn both “low-tech” and “high-tech” printing methods including polyester plates, silk screening, sepia laser printing, and monoprinting. Our prints will be used as “underglaze”, “inglaze”, and “overglaze” elements. Each day we will be working with clay to generate objects that will receive our printed ideas.
All levels are welcome.

ANDY BRAYMAN holds a BA in sociology and a BFA in ceramics from the University of Kansas (1996) and an MFA in ceramics from Alfred University (1998). In 2004, Andy founded Easy Ceramic Decals, which specializes in printing for artists and industry using both high-tech digital printing as well as conventional screen printing. Through his business, Andy continues researching and developing new areas of ceramic printing that have great value for artists. In 2005, Andy founded The Matter Factory in Kansas City. It is part artist studio, part laboratory, and part factory.

ESTHER SHIMAZU
POTTERY PERSONAS

JULY 12 - 16

“Nude, bald, and happy,” Esther’s highly detailed, expressive figures are made using standard pottery handbuilding techniques (pinch, coil, and slab). Working with stoneware, students will compose their figures from hollow body parts with individually modeled teeth, fingernails, and toenails. Particular attention will be paid to heads, hands and feet, and for fun and contrast, porcelain will be demonstrated for modeling eyes and teeth. Composing as we go, students will learn strong joinery techniques to allow for unique gestural expressions. Finished pieces will range from approximately 12-18 inches in height.
Some handbuilding experience is necessary.

ESTHER SHIMAZU was born and raised in suburban Honolulu. One of six siblings, she credits her large, close family with much of the motivation behind her imagery. She attended the University of Hawaii/Manoa and the University of Massachusetts/Amherst (BFA 1980, MFA 1982). She is a full-time studio artist and exhibits with galleries in Hawaii, Chicago, Seattle, St. Louis and Switzerland. Esther has taught workshops at Penland, NC, Anderson Ranch, CO, Idyllwild, CA, Emily Carr, Vancouver, BC

PAMELA EARNSHAW KELLY
ANIMAL IMAGERY IN CLAY

July 19 - 23

In this workshop, students will explore the expressive possibilities of making animals out of clay. Pamela will demonstrate her technique of bending, stretching and manipulating slabs to create surfaces and forms that are as much about the animal as they are about the clay itself. She will show different methods of supporting these slabs to form dynamic sculpture. “There is nobility in her depiction of her subjects; these animals lose nothing of their animal nature even as we see human traits and discern human emotions.” Pamela will share her techniques of layering slips and glazes, and describe her once-fire method of Raku firing. Bring photographs of animals for inspiration and reference. Completed pieces will range from 12 – 18 inches in height and will be bisque fired after the workshop.
All levels are welcome.

PAMELA EARNSHAW KELLY (BS, Syracuse University, MFA in Ceramics, Marywood University) lives in rural Pennsylvania and San Diego, CA. Kelly has exhibited at the John Elder Gallery, Duane Reed Gallery, SOFA NY and SOFA Chicago, LewAllen Gallery, and ZTA Gallery. She has taught workshops at San Diego State University, Keystone University, Marywood University, and Ceramic Artists of San Diego County.

JUDITH CONDON
GO FIGURE

July 26 - 30

Judith Condon fashions busts that nod to the portrait tradition and, at the same time, mirror contemporary psychic discomfiture.” Working from photographs and with mirrors, participants will focus on making a life-sized figurative bust rich with metaphor and multiple meanings. Judith will demonstrate her somewhat unusual method of building with terra-cotta slabs over a paper form that is articulated with masking tape. Colored slips and underglazes will be explored to build layers of surface depth, and students will experiment with stencil and image transfer techniques. Completed work will be bisque fired after the workshop.
Open to all levels.

JUDITH CONDON lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she maintains a ceramics studio in her house and teaches art at the Baylor School. She earned her BFA in drawing and painting at the University of Georgia and her MFA in drawing and ceramics at the University of Tennessee. She maintains an active exhibition schedule that includes both solo and group exhibitions, including a recent invitational show at the Hunter Museum of American Art. In addition, she was the recipient of the 2008 Tennessee Arts Commission grant in sculpture, and was a participant in the 2009 National Council for the Education of Ceramic Art (NCECA) Biennial Exhibition.

STEVEN ROBERTS
DEFINING SPACE: THE STRUCTURE OF FUNCTION

AUGUST 2 - 6

This will be a week of hands-on immersion in the practice and theory of making functional pots with the emphasis on seeing, feeling, and understanding the visual and tactile language of pottery. Steven will demonstrate strategies for creating structures that define space through symmetry and contrast. Throwing, faceting, cutting, stretching, and assembling methods will be demonstrated to articulate complex forms. Students will gain an awareness of pottery’s potential to create an intimate experience through touch as well as sight. Students will bring cone 10 stoneware or porcelain bisqueware from home, and we will glaze these pots and fire the reduction kiln early in the week. This week will culminate in a collection of finished glazeware and ready-to-bisque greenware, stimulating discussions of form, surface, and color.
Some throwing experience necessary.

STEVEN ROBERTS grew up in Helena, Montana and studied painting at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and ceramics at the Kansas City Art Institute and in the Program In Artisanry at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Steven taught at the Kansas City Art Institute and at Bowling Green State University, The University of Alaska at Anchorage, and the University of Wisconsin-Stout. He has written about tools and color for The Studio Potter. Steven is currently a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana.

BRAD SCHWIEGER
5 DAYS - 5 PARTS - 5 PIECES

August 9 - 13

In this class, students will learn a variety of techniques that temper the symmetry of the wheel throwing process. This approach to altering will consist of faceting, stretching and dissecting sections of wheel thrown forms for reassembly. Each day we will add new parts to a variety of ongoing pieces as we investigate new possibilities for our work. Students will address how multiple parts can relate to the whole and how the whole can transcend all of its parts. These questions can challenge ideas of utility or sculpture. Within our 5-day experience, we will produce multiple pieces with the ultimate objective of learning to edit our own work down to the most important, profound and visually beautiful pieces.
Some wheel throwing experience is necessary.

BRAD SCHWIEGER has been teaching at Ohio University since 1990 and is presently Professor of Art, and Ceramics Area Chairman. Brad received his MFA from Utah State University and his BFA from the University of Iowa. Brad’s work has been shown nationally and internationally. His work has been in multiple exhibitions throughout the USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Spain. He has presented workshops and lectures at more than 80 universities, colleges and art centers. His work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, Clay Times, Ceramics Art and Perception as well as several textbooks.

KATE MACDOWELL
TRANSFORMING THE NATURAL WORLD

August 16 - 20

Participants in this workshop will transform and manipulate plant, animal, and figurative elements to create a narrative that explores man’s relationship to the natural world. Students will sculpt small porcelain pieces, working from photographs and scientific drawings brought from home. Kate will reveal shortcuts for determining proportion, methods for building solid and hollowing out, techniques for creating surface texture, micro-sculpted additions, and tips for shepherding your work through drying, firing, and repairing cracks. Kate will also demonstrate how to “cheat” gravity when mimicking natural growth, and how to create hauntingly realistic portrayals of feathers, fur, beaks, claws, bones, etc.
Open to all levels.

KATE MACDOWELL'S porcelain sculpture has been shown nationally, in the UK, and Japan. She has won several national clay awards including Best of Show for Feats of Clay, the NICHE awards (Handbuilt Ceramics), an Award of Excellence for CraftForms, first prize for Viewpoint: Ceramics, and first prize for Clay? II. In 2007 she won full funding summer scholarships to the Penland School for Crafts and the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Her work has been featured in 500 Ceramic Sculptures (Lark Books). She recently exhibited in the 2010 NCECA Invitational exhibition.

SUMMER SLIDE LECTURE SERIES: WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

Kathryn Finnerty	June 16
Jerilyn Virden	June 23
Ayumi Horie	June 30
Andy Brayman	July 7
Esther Shimazu	July 14
Pamela Earnshaw Kelly	July 21
Judith Condon	July 28
Steven Roberts	August 4
Brad Schwieger	August 11
Kate MacDowell	August 18

FREE • Open to the Public Lectures start at 7:00 pm Wednesdays at Santa Fe Clay 505-984-1122 545 Camino de la Familia Santa Fe, NM 87501

Tuition for all Workshops $460
Lab Fee for all Workshops $50
Non-refundable registration fee $50

Important Information

SANTA FE CLAY Ceramic Art Center
About Our Studio
Santa Fe Clay occupies a 10,000 square-foot warehouse in the historic Railyard District in downtown Santa Fe. Our facility includes a complete retail supply business, gallery, and fully equipped studio. It is also home to twenty resident ceramic artists. Our year-round classes and workshops provide an inspirational and creative environment for students ranging from children to adults, from beginners to professionals. This will be our seventeenth Summer Workshop Session, and our reputation is firmly established for bringing quality programming, including nationally recognized artists, to the Santa Fe area. Our expanded gallery enhances the scope of the Southwest’s most complete Ceramic Art Center. We are open to the public year-round and visitors are always welcome to tour the shop, gallery and studios.

REGISTRATION
Enrollments for our workshops are limited and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. We require full tuition, lab fee, and a $50 non-refundable registration fee for enrollment. We accept personal checks, money orders, travelers' checks and Visa, Mastercard, or American Express. Registration is non-transferable. There will be a $50 fee to switch from one workshop to another, space permitting, within 30 days of the original workshop.

REFUNDS
Because of our obligations to our instructors, no refund of any payment will be made for notification of withdrawal within 30 days of the start of the workshop. Prior to that time, we will refund your tuition minus the $50 non-refundable registration fee and a $100 cancellation fee.

WORKSHOP CANCELLATIONS
We reserve the right to cancel a workshop if minimum enrollments are not met, in which case all tuitions and fees will be refunded. Notification of cancellation will be made by phone, at which time students will be offered the option of another workshop (based on availability) or a full refund. Sorry, but we cannot be responsible for non-refundable travel tickets.

ACCEPTANCE/WAITING LISTS
You must be at least 18 to participate in our workshops, or have permission in advance from the teacher before registering. When we receive your registration we will send confirmation and specific workshop information. If the workshop is full, you will be notified that you have been placed on a waiting list.

SKILL LEVELS
Our workshops are designed for serious ceramic students of varying ability levels. Please note the requirements in the workshop descriptions. If you have any questions about your placement, please contact us.

LAB FEES
Each workshop lab fee includes the costs of clay, glazes, firings, and other materials as specified by the instructor.

ACCOMMODATIONS
The Santa Fe Sage Inn is pleased to welcome Santa Fe Clay students. Conveniently located only two blocks from our studio, this is an excellent choice for affordable lodging in downtown Santa Fe. This locally owned property offers attractive, comfortable rooms with a wealth of amenities including continental breakfast, exercise facility, guest laundry, outdoor pool and complimentary wireless high-speed internet. Parking is free at the Inn and a free shuttle service is offered for guests between 8:15 am and 5:30 pm Monday - Friday. Guest rates: single or double room $69/night, based on availability. Room rates go up on holiday and festival weekends: July 6-11, $109/night (Independence Day), and Aug. 20-22, $119/night (Indian Market). Please call 866-433-0335 to make your reservations. You must mention that you will be taking a workshop at Santa Fe Clay to receive these rates, and we recommend that you make your reservations as soon as you have enrolled in your chosen workshop.

If you would prefer to arrange your own accommodations, you may call or write to:
Santa Fe Detours, sfdetours.com, 1-800-338-6877
santafehotels.com, 1-800-745-9910
or Santa Fe Stay, santafestay.com, 1-800-995-2272

TRAVEL AND CLIMATE
Santa Fe is one of the few state capitals with limited airline service. However, most major airlines serve Albuquerque International Sunport, 65 miles south, and shuttle bus transportation is available from the airport to downtown Santa Fe. The brand new New Mexico Rail Runner has regular scheduled trains between Albuquerque and Santa Fe as well. In this high desert climate, at 7,000 feet, our summer days are usually sunny and warm with daytime temperatures rarely exceeding 85 degrees. During July and August, we look forward to brief and dramatic thunderstorms and evening temperatures dropping to below 60 degrees. Our facility is within walking distance of many excellent restaurants and the major museums and galleries for which this town is famous.

THE GALLERY
Our elegant 1,100 square foot gallery hosts monthly exhibitions displaying the best national and international ceramic artwork. Our shows include one person, two person and group exhibitions in which we honor the leaders in the field and introduce emerging artists. Please check our website at www.santafeclay.com for upcoming gallery events and to view our current show.

Tel: (505) 984-1122, Email: sfc@santafeclay.com