1) Debra Fritts: Sculpture Workshop – Feb. 18-19, 2012
Slide Show – Friday night, Feb. 17, 2012
This workshop will explore the figure in clay using handbuilding techniques. Personal and narrative interpretations will allow the works created to have a spiritual connection between the sculpture and the maker. Debra will give detailed technical information on facial features and will demonstrate proportions. On the second day, participants will explore mark-making and surface decoration on the wet clay surface by using slips and underglazes. To register for this workshop contact Elaine at cone10elaine@gmail.com . Send your check to Elaine Dow, 3728 E. 4th St., Tucson, AZ 85716
$145 SACA members; $165 non-members
2) Maureen Mills: Decorating Workshop – “From Ordinary to Extraordinary” – April 28-29, 2012
Maureen Mills will present a workshop for SACA about taking clay work to the next level through composition of form and surface using slips and other decorating techniques. Maureen is the author of a Lark book entitled “Surface Design for Ceramics,” which includes a multitude of pictures illustrating various decorating techniques, all of which can be used to enhance hand built, as well as wheel thrown forms.
Transforming work from good to extraordinary takes time, practice and consideration of design elements. Through demonstrations, Maureen will show how to develop a working process that brings basic forms to a new level. Then, by examining the form to determine appropriate surface treatment, we will explore how the design elements and principles influence our choices.
We’ll try slips in a variety of ways from trailing to sgraffito, stamping and altering. This workshop will be both demonstration and hands-on. Participants should plan to bring leather hard tiles and/or leather hard pots to try techniques on.
Having received her MFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Maureen Mills works from her studio in Portsmouth NH with husband Steven Zoldak. She also serves as chair of the ceramics department at the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester NH. She exhibits regularly in juried and invitational exhibitions across the country and in 2004/2005 received the Piscataqua Region Artist Advancement Grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.
For more information, please contact Elaine Dow at cone10elaine@gmail.com
$130 SACA members; $175 non-members
3) Caroline Douglas: Hands-on Sculpture Workshop – Come Clay With Me! — Sat-Sun, Nov 3-4, 2012
Slide Show- Friday night, November 2
If you are looking for inspiration and a way to ignite your creativity with clay, spend the weekend with us in Tucson in November 2012. We will play with clay from an inner perspective through a mix of creativity exercises and learning about building figures and animals. Come prepared to be inspired to look within and create from a place of personal intention.
We will explore and express our own personal narratives and dreams through working with stoneware clay. Caroline healed herself from a severe head injury in 2000 through working with clay, and will share how we can all experience healing through creativity. Beginners and advanced clay people welcome.
Caroline Douglas is passionate about creating art, sharing inspiration, and helping others to awaken their inherent creativity. Caroline’s primary medium is clay, which she sees as a metaphor for life. She says, “When I work on the clay, it changes me. Clay speaks in a language of symbols, dreams, intentions, earthy touch, the divine voice and whispers that celebrate the joy of nowness.”
Caroline Douglas received a BFA in ceramics at the University of North Carolina and has worked with clay for 35 years. Currently, her figurative sculptures are evocations of a dream world. Inspiration comes from mythology, fairy tales, and dreams, as well as the antics of animals and children.
Caroline invites you to touch and be touched by the true joy of art and creativity.You can view Caroline’s work on her website, her Facebook page and her blog.
Mini workshops
Here’s an opportunity to have fun with other SACA members and learn a new art form.
The CLAY & PLAY mini workshop format:
Give a 3-4 hour workshop at your home or studio
Pick a technique or idea you’d like to share
Limit the number of people that can attend
Participants bring their own materials
Workshop is FREE!!!Ideas for workshops: sculpture, hand-building, glazing, sgrafitto, tiles, sprig molds, animals, monoprinting, slips, tool-making, decorating, etc.
If you participate in a workshop please think of how you can give back to the clay community by hosting a future workshop.
If you’d like to host a CLAY & PLAY mini workshop, send your info to:
brenjoy46@gmail.com .
Please include:
Your Name
Technique or idea for a mini workshop
Date and Time
Maximum number of participants
Your email address
Location (nw tucson, central,etc)
We will send the info to SACA members and interested clay enthusiasts can contact you directly.
Also, please let us know about your experience of hosting a mini clay workshop.
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