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DIANE SULLIVAN
Dream Journey Workshop
February 7-9, 2020
Come with your sketchbook and an open mind. While learning easy hand building techniques, you will create a small head. We will incorporate our dreams and fantasies. Surfaces using slips, underglaze and dry clay powders will be explored. This is a chance to learn techniques, go deep and feel comfortable with expressing your dreams. Some clay experience helpful, but not necessary.
Questions to ponder before the workshop: In your travel dreams; Where are you? What places fictional or non-fictional do you dream of visiting? Are you a Super hero, an animal, flying around? When people see you, what do they see? How do you want to be seen?
Diane Sullivan lives in North Adams, MA. She has a BFA and a MFA in Ceramics .Her
sculptures have been shown in group and solo gallery shows in the US and France. Most
recently she was awarded a Martha Boschen Porter Fund artist grant which enabled her to
travel to Sicily. This trip provided a chance to study ancient Greek sculptures and has
influenced her art and dreams.
Website: dianesullivanceramics.org
Bisque firing is available at an extra cost: $50/ 16" box plus shipping. Allow 4-6 weeks for bisque to be completed.
Participants are invited to arrive on the evening of February 7.
This workshop requires 6 participants to run. In the event of cancellation you will be fully refund. Please see Cancellation policy below for more details concerning cancellation.
This workshop/retreat includes:
2 nights in a shared bunk-room accommodation. Please visit our Guest Rooms page so you can get a feel for our housing; it's rustic but super sweet, kind of like summer camp for adults.
We provide bedding, towels, a full kitchen set-up with pots and pans, and refrigerator use.
You are responsible for your meals with the exception of Saturday night's main course (please let Jackie know of dietary restrictions or needs). Please bring whatever you need to make your stay comfortable. There is a standard refrigerator in the shared kitchen. Note we are about 4 miles from the nearest convenient store; we recommend a stop at the market before your arrival.
You must be 18 to stay in the guesthouse or be accompanied by an adult.
Be in touch with questions!
MICHAEL KLINE
April 17-19, 2020
Michael Kline delivers this three day, hands-on workshop diving into the deep well of pottery history and sharing his 20 years of potting experience with demonstrations, discussions, and plenty of time for making. Michael is known for his fluid brushwork and strong traditional forms. But which came first?
Participants will learn throwing techniques that will help you give scale and volume to your thrown shapes. The class will explore from tiny to XXL and everything in between. Michael will help us find our comfort zone and expand it in both directions as appropriate to the function of the piece.
Michael will also teach a variety of surface treatments including brushwork with pigmented wax resists and slips, Korean sanggam inlay, rope texture, and more. Participants will use stoneware [ and/or ??? ] bodies.
The class will also discuss narratives of being potters in the 21st century including using the internet to help share your story, and help market and sell. Tips and techniques not just for throwing but for social media and online sales platforms are important potter's tools that will be covered.
Bisque firing is available at an extra cost: $50/ 16" box plus shipping. Allow 4-6 weeks for bisque to be completed.
Participants are invited to arrive on the evening of April 16.
This workshop requires 8 participants to run. In the event of cancellation you will be fully refund. Please see Cancellation policy below for more details concerning cancellation.
This workshop/retreat includes:
2 nights in a shared bunk-room accommodation. Please visit our Guest Rooms page so you can get a feel for our housing; it's rustic but super sweet, kind of like summer camp for adults.
We provide bedding, towels, a full kitchen set-up with pots and pans, and refrigerator use.
You are responsible for your meals with the exception of Saturday night's main course (please let Jackie know of dietary restrictions or needs). Please bring whatever you need to make your stay comfortable. There is a standard refrigerator in the shared kitchen. Note we are about 4 miles from the nearest convenient store; we recommend a stop at the market before your arrival.
You must be 18 to stay in the guesthouse or be accompanied by an adult.
Be in touch with questions!
Participants will learn throwing techniques that will help you give scale and volume to your thrown shapes. The class will explore from tiny to XXL and everything in between. Michael will help us find our comfort zone and expand it in both directions as appropriate to the function of the piece.
Michael will also teach a variety of surface treatments including brushwork with pigmented wax resists and slips, Korean sanggam inlay, rope texture, and more. Participants will use stoneware [ and/or ??? ] bodies.
The class will also discuss narratives of being potters in the 21st century including using the internet to help share your story, and help market and sell. Tips and techniques not just for throwing but for social media and online sales platforms are important potter's tools that will be covered.
Bisque firing is available at an extra cost: $50/ 16" box plus shipping. Allow 4-6 weeks for bisque to be completed.
Participants are invited to arrive on the evening of April 16.
This workshop requires 8 participants to run. In the event of cancellation you will be fully refund. Please see Cancellation policy below for more details concerning cancellation.
This workshop/retreat includes:
2 nights in a shared bunk-room accommodation. Please visit our Guest Rooms page so you can get a feel for our housing; it's rustic but super sweet, kind of like summer camp for adults.
We provide bedding, towels, a full kitchen set-up with pots and pans, and refrigerator use.
You are responsible for your meals with the exception of Saturday night's main course (please let Jackie know of dietary restrictions or needs). Please bring whatever you need to make your stay comfortable. There is a standard refrigerator in the shared kitchen. Note we are about 4 miles from the nearest convenient store; we recommend a stop at the market before your arrival.
You must be 18 to stay in the guesthouse or be accompanied by an adult.
Be in touch with questions!
Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel your workshop more than 30 days from the start date, you will receive a refund, less a $75 cancellation fee. Unfortunately, we are unable to issue refunds less than 30 days from the start of the class for cancellations, a missed class, late arrival or early departure for any reason. If the class does not meet the minimum enrollment to run, we reserve the right to cancel. In that case, students will receive a full refund. If your travel plans include airfare or other non-refundable expenses, please check with us about the status of your workshop before you make your purchase. We do our best to alert students to low enrollment one month prior to the start of the workshop.
If you need to cancel your workshop more than 30 days from the start date, you will receive a refund, less a $75 cancellation fee. Unfortunately, we are unable to issue refunds less than 30 days from the start of the class for cancellations, a missed class, late arrival or early departure for any reason. If the class does not meet the minimum enrollment to run, we reserve the right to cancel. In that case, students will receive a full refund. If your travel plans include airfare or other non-refundable expenses, please check with us about the status of your workshop before you make your purchase. We do our best to alert students to low enrollment one month prior to the start of the workshop.
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