Exploring Clay Surface: Inlays, Resists, and Transfers with Meghan Sullivan
Saturday, April 10 | 9am-4pm
Members: $200 | Non-Members: $210
No prior ceramics experience necessary. All levels welcome.
Concept
Whether you’re a beginner looking to build a foundation or a more experienced ceramicist interested in adding new skills to your toolbox, this one-day workshop explores methods for translating personal imagery to clay. Begin with the fundamental techniques of sgraffito and Mishima followed by more complex techniques, including transferring printed images, monoprinting, and carving a relief tile. Learn the tools and materials of each process as you experiment with slips, engobes, and underglazes.
Experience
Group discussions, demonstrations, and plenty of hands-on practice address technical skill building, playing with the use of negative space and color to create interesting relationships and narratives, and methods for hanging work. Leave this workshop with a number of experimental tiles for the wall.
Instructor
When Meghan Sullivan had to pick a major in undergrad, she was torn between ceramics and painting. On the way to the Registrar's Office to declare, she flipped a coin. While Meghan is primarily a sculptor, she also loves throwing pots on the wheel. As an educator, she balances humor with high expectations to create a space that allows for experimentation and focuses on developing work. Meghan earned her MFA from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is an Assistant Professor of Art at Lawrence University.
