This workshop will address ways to create pots that have a generous sense of volume and fluidity of line, with wheel-thrown and altered porcelain. Lorna’s vocabulary of forms ranges from pots for daily use to atypical forms such as watering cans and spoons. Demonstrations will include altering pots on and off the wheel, using drawn patterns to hand build spouts and handles and using slip inlay for surface embellishment.

Lorna grew up outside of Chicago, IL. She received a BA from Fort Lewis College and an MFA from Ohio University. Lorna has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation, and at Anderson Ranch. She is currently living in Durango, CO, where she is a full-time studio potter.

Tuition: $200.00
Lab Fee: $35.00

Make bigger pieces, add long, thin extensions, build wet clay on dry clay, break off pieces and put them back in another place... these are just a few of the strange ways of working that are possible with paper-pulp added to clay. This hands-on workshop will explore the use of paper pulp and nylon fiber as additives in clay to increase the green strength. This allows us to break rules and achieve forms not possible with regular clay. Participants learn how to make paper clay, and explore traditional and non-traditional clay forming techniques. Judy will demonstrate techniques for making fired and unfired paper-clay sculptures and participants will work in a variety of methods on creations of their own. Participants should come with a spirit of exploration bringing your favorite clay tools and a straight-blade exacto-style knife. Hand-built pieces made in this workshop can be fired in the same manner as regular clay or may be left unfired and finished with cold surfacing.

Judy Nelson-Moore has been an artist in clay for over 40 years, and has simultaneously held a business career in software consulting. Her current sculptural focus is on fired paper-clay which has been exhibited locally and nationally. She has taught numerous workshops in CA, CO and NM, and she is the webmaster for the New Mexico Potters and Clay Artists.


Tuition: $200.00
Lab Fee: $35.00

In this workshop participants will be introduced to a wide array of decorating techniques, used for centuries in Japan, which are still exciting and relevant in today’s world. Students will craft their own decorating tools and experiment on greenware with techniques including Mishima-style stamp design, inlay (zogan), chatter-mark design (tobi-ganna), paddling (tataki), combing (kushi-bera), and brush stroke design (hakeme), and will practice brush painting and line drawing (e-gaki) in bisque ware. Ongoing discussions of aesthetics, design, timing and technique will highlight this weekend workshop. Participants should bring several small bisqued pieces for experimentation made from cone 10 stoneware or porcelain.

Betsy Williams trained in a traditional apprenticeship in Karatsu, Japan from 1994 to 1999. With this intensive training as the foundation of her work, she continues to explore new ideas as a full-time artist living and working in northern New Mexico. Her work is exhibited nationally, most recently at the the American Pottery Festival in Minneapolis, and at Craft Boston, 2009.

Tuition: $200.00
Lab Fee: $35.00

Important Information

REFUND AND CANCELLATION POLICY

If a student drops a class up to seven days before the first class meeting, or 2 weeks before a weekend workshop, tuition will be refunded except for a $75.00 (or $30 for children's workshops) non-refundable registration fee. No refunds will be made after this date. No refunds or credit will be given for missed classes. Make-ups may be arranged in a similar class, in the same session, if space permits. We do not give refunds for any studio rental options.