Samantha Kell on thu 7 apr 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790 Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
YIXING TEAPOT WORKSHOP
Instructor: Mequin Gu
April 9, 2005
*** This three part workshop will consist of slide show presentations by
Yixing artist and workshop instructor, Mequin Gu, followed by a
demonstration of traditional techniques. Participants will use Yixing tools,=
clay and techniques to create their own teapot in the final portion of the
workshop.
FEE: $65 / $60 for OVCAG, ACGA, Mother Earth Members
HOURS: 9-4pm
FAMILY CLAY DAY
Instructor: Mother Earth Staff and Members
April 22, 2005
*** Bring your family and friends and spend some quality time working in
clay. A clay project will be provided as well as a chance to try your hand
at the wheel. Reserved seating only. Call ahead to reserve your spot!
FEE: $9 per adult / $7 per child (includes materials & firing)
HOURS: 10am to Noon
HANDLES AND SPOUTS!
Instructor: Steve Salisian
April 23, 2005
*** Come learn from the artist who practically invented decorative handles
and spouts. Instructor, Steve Salisian will demonstrate how to make and use
texture stamps and press molds. He will form handles, spouts, feet and lids
using coil and slab construction techniques, in conjunction with thrown
bodies resulting in very individualized mugs, pitchers and teapots. In this=
hands-on workshop, you will have the opportunity to try some of these
techniques on your own greenware, or just practice the techniques on their o=
wn.
FEE: $65 / $60 for OVCAG, ACGA, Mother Earth Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
MONOPRINTS IN CLAY
Instructor: Eduardo Lazo
May 7, 2005
*** Come learn this innovative technique for creating monoprints using
colored slips. Instructor, Eduardo Lazo, has developed this 2D art form
from our beloved 3D medium. Final artwork is more =93painterly=94 rather th=
an
sculptural.
FEE: $65 / $60 for OVCAG, ACGA, Mother Earth Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
LEARN TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR POTTERY
Instructor: Mark Youmans
May 21, 2005
*** Would you like to learn how to take slides of your pottery? The
beginning of this hands-on workshop will cover basic setup of the camera,
background, lighting, and work placement. We will then move on to adapting
the basics to different types of work, and how you can alter the look of
your work for a more dramatic effect. There will be opportunity to try
various lighting setups, backgrounds, and exposures to determine what works
best for your work and camera. Near the end of the day, we will photograph
each person=92s special piece using what we=92ve learned through the day.
FEE: $65 / $60 for OVCAG, ACGA, Mother Earth Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
STORIES TO THROW BY=85.
Instructor: Mel Jacobson
May 28-29, 2005
*** Famous Clayart Moderator, Mel Jacobson, will do a multiple level
throwing workshop with emphasis on learning to throw the repeated form.
Japanese hump throwing is taught, along with using many kinds of measuring
devices. Those that have never thrown anything larger than three pounds will=
be excited to see how anyone can throw 25 pounds or make a teapot the size
of a walnut. The audience will be encouraged to ask questions, show their
own work for critique and discuss any problems in clay. We are looking
forward to a weekend of Mel's stories and pots with a lively
audience-directed chat. Mel is an amazing resource and inspiring
teacher...so bring your questions, problems, and challenges!
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
ALTERNATIVE RAKU
Instructor: Eduardo Lazo
June 25-26, 2005
*** In this 2-day hands-on workshop, instructor Eduardo Lazo, will teach
novel raku techniques such as horsehair, ferric chloride and naked raku.
Pots are pulled hot from the raku kiln and worked while still hot!
FEE: $110 / $100 OVCAG, ACGA or Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25
HOURS: 10-4pm
INNOVATIVE HANDBUILDING TECHNIQUES
Instructor: Lana Wilson
July 16-17, 2005
***Nationally acclaimed artist, Lana Wilson will demonstrate easy and
unusual construction techniques with soft slabs of clay to make simple to
complex forms including a teapot, vase and bas-relief tiles. Stiff slabs
will be used to make a box with a workable drawer, a movable door, and an
inset niche. Lana will show slides of her work, discuss different ways to
make intricate multi-level stamps and demo unusual handles.
Saturday will be a demonstration-only workshop. Sunday will be a hands-on
workshop.
FEE: $65 Sat demo-only / $60 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: Add $60 for Sat/Sun hands-on
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
THE RAKU PROCESS: FORMING, SURFACE, GLAZING, AND FIRING
Instructor: Steven Branfman
September 10-11, 2005
*** Get ready for an action packed weekend with Steven Branfman. Steven will=
show slides of his work, studio, raku history and contemporary survey, as
well as selections from his wide ranging personal clay collection with a few=
surprises thrown in! Steven's personal and friendly style will entertain as
well as inform. Be ready to ask questions and join in the discussion and
conversation. He will demonstrate his throwing and forming techniques
including his personal surface treatments, inlaid colored glass technique,
narrow neck vase shapes, one handed throwing and expanding forms from the
inside out, glazing and raku firing. Throughout the weekend Steven will talk=
about his life, career, and experiences as a student, potter, teacher,
writer, and businessman. Bring your questions and don't forget your cameras
and notebooks! No experience with raku is necessary. (Limited enrollment for=
raku participation.)
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
Samantha on mon 9 may 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790
Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
LEARN TO PHOTOGRAPH YOUR POTTERY
Instructor: Mark Youmans
May 21, 2005
*** Would you like to learn how to take slides of your pottery? The
beginning of this hands-on workshop will cover basic setup of the
camera, background, lighting, and work placement. We will then move on
to adapting the basics to different types of work, and how you can alter
the look of your work for a more dramatic effect. There will be
opportunity to try various lighting setups, backgrounds, and exposures
to determine what works best for your work and camera. Near the end of
the day, we will photograph each person's special piece using what we've
learned through the day.
FEE: $65 / $60 for OVCAG, ACGA, Mother Earth Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
STORIES TO THROW BY..
Instructor: Mel Jacobson
May 28-29, 2005
*** Famous Clayart Moderator, Mel Jacobson, will do a multiple level
throwing workshop with emphasis on learning to throw the repeated form.
Japanese hump throwing is taught, along with using many kinds of
measuring devices. Those that have never thrown anything larger than
three pounds will be excited to see how anyone can throw 25 pounds or
make a teapot the size of a walnut. The audience will be encouraged to
ask questions, show their own work for critique and discuss any problems
in clay. We are looking forward to a weekend of Mel's stories and pots
with a lively audience-directed chat. Mel is an amazing resource and
inspiring teacher...so bring your questions, problems, and challenges!
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
FAMILY CLAY DAY
Instructor: Mother Earth Staff and Members
June 4th, 2005
*** Bring your family and friends and spend some quality time working in
clay. A clay project will be provided as well as a chance to try your
hand at the wheel. Reserved seating only. Call ahead to reserve your
spot!
FEE: $11 per adult / $9 per child (includes materials & firing)
HOURS: 10am to Noon
UNDERGLAZES.A COLORFUL ADVENTURE!
Instructor: Jacqueline Thompson
June 11, 2005
***Join Jacqueline Thompson for an informative and fun day of design and
decoration. This workshop will include a slide show and lecture on
underglazing and design, demonstration of various underglazing
techniques, and hands-on learning and participation from the group.
FEE: $65 / $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
HOURS: 10-4pm
ALTERNATIVE RAKU
Instructor: Eduardo Lazo
June 25-26, 2005
***In this 2-day hands-on workshop, instructor Eduardo Lazo, will teach
novel raku techniques such as horsehair, ferric chloride and naked raku.
Pots are pulled hot from the raku kiln and worked while still hot!
FEE: $110 / $100 OVCAG, ACGA or Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25
HOURS: 10-4pm
A PASSION FOR THE FIGURE
Instructor: Catherine Merrill
July 2, 2005
***This workshop is for painters who want to work with clay, sculptors
who want to work with a model, and potters who want to get off the
wheel. Incorporating a live-model, this hands-on workshop focuses on
techniqes for making dynamic and expressive figurative clay forms.
Participants draw and paint on clay slabs, build free standing figures.
Working with polychrome terra sigillatas and colored clay, explore the
rich and varied surfaces possible.
FEE: $65/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members plus $15
materials fee
HOURS: 10am-4pm
INNOVATIVE HANDBUILDING TECHNIQUES
Instructor: Lana Wilson
July 16-17, 2005
***Nationally acclaimed artist, Lana Wilson will demonstrate easy and
unusual construction techniques with soft slabs of clay to make simple
to complex forms including a teapot, vase and bas-relief tiles. Stiff
slabs will be used to make a box with a workable drawer, a movable door,
and an inset niche. Lana will show slides of her work, discuss different
ways to make intricate multi-level stamps and demo unusual handles.
Saturday will be a demonstration-only workshop. Sunday will be a
hands-on workshop.
FEE: $65 Sat demo-only / $60 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: Add $60 for Sat/Sun hands-on
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
KIDS CLAY CAMP
Two Weekly Sessions
Session 1: July 25-29, 2005
Session 2: August 1-5, 2005
***Help your kids get in touch with their creative side! Every day of
the week we will have a different fun-filled clay activity for your
child to enjoy. Projects will include tile-carving, sculpture, and
handbuilding. For children aged 6-15. All materials and firing included.
FEE: $265/ child per session
HOURS: 1-4pm
THE RAKU PROCESS: FORMING, SURFACE, GLAZING, AND FIRING
Instructor: Steven Branfman
September 10-11, 2005
*** Get ready for an action packed weekend with Steven Branfman. Steven
will show slides of his work, studio, raku history and contemporary
survey, as well as selections from his wide ranging personal clay
collection with a few surprises thrown in! Steven's personal and
friendly style will entertain as well as inform. Be ready to ask
questions and join in the discussion and conversation. He will
demonstrate his throwing and forming techniques including his personal
surface treatments, inlaid colored glass technique, narrow neck vase
shapes, one handed throwing and expanding forms from the inside out,
glazing and raku firing. Throughout the weekend Steven will talk about
his life, career, and experiences as a student, potter, teacher, writer,
and businessman. Bring your questions and don't forget your cameras and
notebooks! No experience with raku is necessary. (Limited enrollment for
raku participation.)
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, NCECA, Mother Earth Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
Samantha Kell on mon 13 jun 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790
Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
ALTERNATE RAKU
Instructor: Eduardo Lazo
June 25-26, 2005
***In this 2-day hands-on workshop, instructor Eduardo Lazo, will teach
novel raku techniques such as horsehair, ferric chloride and naked raku.
Pots are pulled from the raku kiln and worked while still hot!
FEE: $110 non-members/ $100 OVCAG, ACGA or MECAC members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25
HOURS: 10-4pm
FAMILY CLAY DAY
Instructor: Mother Earth Staff and Members
July 9th, 2005
*** This is a great way to introduce your entire family to the clay
arts. Spend two hours of quality time creating with your children.
Mother Earth provides all materials and guides your family through three
clay activities, including throwing a bowl on the potter's wheel!
Reserved seating only. Call ahead to reserve a spot for every member of
your family!
FEE: $11 per adult / $9 per child (includes materials & firing)
HOURS: 10am to Noon
INNOVATIVE HANDBUILDING TECHNIQUES
Instructor: Lana Wilson
July 16-17, 2005
***Nationally acclaimed artist, Lana Wilson will demonstrate easy and
unusual construction techniques with soft slabs of clay to make simple
to complex forms including a teapot, vase and bas-relief tiles. Stiff
slabs will be used to make a box with a workable drawer, a movable door,
and an inset niche. Lana will show slides of her work, discuss different
ways to make intricate multi-level stamps and demo unusual handles.
Saturday will be a demonstration-only workshop. Sunday will be a
hands-on workshop.
FEE: $65 Sat demo-only / $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: Add $60 for Sat/Sun hands-on
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun
FREE Slideshow, gallery opening and Mother Earth's 1Yr. Anniversary
Party - Friday, July 15th at 6pm
KIDS CLAY CAMP
Two Weekly Sessions
Session 1: July 25-29, 2005
Session 2: August 1-5, 2005
***Help your kids get in touch with their creative side! Every day of
the week we will have a different fun-filled clay activity for your
child to enjoy. Projects will include tile-carving, sculpture, and
handbuilding. Wheel instruction will be available for children with
previous wheel experience. For children aged 6-15. All materials and
firing included.
FEE: $265/ child per session
HOURS: 1-4pm
CLAY BASICS FOR TEACHERS
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnson
August 6, 2005
***This is a fun and informative one-day hands-on clay workshop designed
specifically for the classroom teacher. You will learn how to design
activities that will develop creativity and problem-solving (not "cookie
cutter" art) and develop lessons which really work with your curriculum.
FEE: $20
HOURS: 1-3pm
IT TAKES TWO: A MARRIAGE BETWEEN HANDBUILDING AND THROWING
Instructors: Bob and Sandy Kinzie
August 20-21, 2005
***Double your pleasure, double your fun, you'll know how to combine
throwing and handbuilding when this workshop is done! In this two day
hands-on workshop Bob and Sandy Kinzie will join forces to show you how
to handbuild with thrown slabs. Bob will focus on the basics of throwing
and inside forming to facilitate the generation of thrown textures and
the uses of thrown slabs. Sandy will demonstrate the use of the thrown
slabs for hand building functional pieces.
FEE: $135 non-members/ $125 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
HOURS: 10-4pm
THE RAKU PROCESS: FORMING, SURFACE, GLAZING, AND FIRING
Instructor: Steven Branfman
September 10-11, 2005
*** Get ready for an action packed weekend with Steven Branfman. Steven
will show slides of his work, studio, raku history and contemporary
survey, as well as selections from his wide-ranging personal clay
collection with a few surprises thrown in! Steven's personal and
friendly style will entertain as well as inform. Be ready to ask
questions and join in the discussion and conversation. He will
demonstrate his throwing and forming techniques including his personal
surface treatments, inlaid colored glass technique, narrow neck vase
shapes, one handed throwing and expanding forms from the inside out,
glazing and raku firing. Throughout the weekend Steven will talk about
his life, career, and experiences as a student, potter, teacher, writer,
and businessman. Bring your questions and don't forget your cameras and
notebooks! No experience with raku is necessary. (Limited enrollment for
raku participation.)
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun, FREE slide show Friday 7pm
PRECIOUS METAL CLAY ON BISQUE BEADS
Instructor: Nancy Banks
September 17, 2005
***Precious Metal Clay is fine silver (.999 pure) in very fine particles
in a base of water and organic binder. Once it is fired the binder burns
off and only the fine silver remains.
In this workshop we will work with slip and a variety of techniques to
embellish bisque beads (available at Mother Earth).
Prerequisite: A sense of play and adventure.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
EFFECTIVE WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS
Instructor: Bob Nicholson
October 1, 2005
*** Need your website to showcase your artwork to galleries? Want your
customers coming back again and again? Want to offer your artwork for
sale on the Internet? ...then this workshop is for YOU!
Learn how an effective web strategy can showcase and sell your work!
This workshop is not about the mechanics of building websites. Instead,
you'll learn how to use the Internet as a marketing and sales tool. In
the course of the workshop, you'll set realistic business goals for your
website, and create a plan for achieving those goals using specific
techniques that we will present.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
Samantha Kell on thu 18 aug 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790
Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
THE RAKU PROCESS: FORMING, SURFACE, GLAZING, AND FIRING
Instructor: Steven Branfman
Saturday & Sunday, September 10-11, 2005
*** Get ready for an action packed weekend with Steven Branfman. Steven
will show slides of his work, studio, raku history and contemporary
survey, as well as selections from his wide-ranging personal clay
collection with a few surprises thrown in! Steven's personal and
friendly style will entertain as well as inform. Be ready to ask
questions and join in the discussion and conversation. He will
demonstrate his throwing and forming techniques including his personal
surface treatments, inlaid colored glass technique, narrow neck vase
shapes, one handed throwing and expanding forms from the inside out,
glazing and raku firing. Throughout the weekend Steven will talk about
his life, career, and experiences as a student, potter, teacher, writer,
and businessman. Bring your questions and don't forget your cameras and
notebooks! No experience with raku is necessary. (Limited enrollment for
raku participation.) Check website for materials list.
FEE: $110 watch-only / $100 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $25 for hands-on participants
HOURS: 10-4pm Sat/Sun,
FREE Slideshow Friday, Sept. 9th at 7pm in conjunction with the RAKU
gallery show opening; Potluck at Barbara Brown's house Saturday night.
PRECIOUS METAL CLAY ON BISQUE BEADS
Instructor: Nancy Banks
Saturday, September 17, 2005
*** Precious Metal Clay is comprised of very fine (.999 pure) silver
particles suspended in a water-based organic binder. The binder burns
off during the firing process leaving only the fine silver. In this
workshop we will work with slip and a variety of techniques to embellish
bisque beads (available at Mother Earth). Check website for materials
list.
Prerequisite: A sense of play and adventure.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
FAMILY CLAY DAY
This popular event is held monthly on the following dates:
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Thursday, December 29, 2005
*** Bring your entire family for two hours of quality time creating with
clay at Mother Earth Clay Art Center's Family Clay Day! Decorate tiles,
create sculptures and make a bowl on the potter's wheel with the help of
our talented staff and members. All materials and firing included.
Reserved seating only. Please call ahead (408.245.6262) to reserve seats
for all of your family members!
FEE: $15/adult $12/child
HOURS: 10am-Noon
EFFECTIVE WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS
Instructor: Bob Nicholson
Saturday, October 1, 2005
*** Need your website to showcase your artwork to galleries? Want your
customers coming back again and again? Want to offer your artwork for
sale on the Internet? ...then this workshop is for YOU!
Learn how an effective web strategy can showcase and sell your work!
This workshop is not about the mechanics of building websites. Instead,
you'll learn how to use the Internet as a marketing and sales tool. In
the course of the workshop, you'll set realistic business goals for your
website, and create a plan for achieving those goals using specific
techniques that we will present. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
ADVANCED THROWING TECHNIQUES
Instructor: Jill Getzan
Saturday, October 8, 2005
***This one day workshop will be a great way to improve your throwing
skills. Jill Getzan will demonstrate various techniques such as plates,
platters, lid galleries, throwing off the hump, how to throw knobs on
the lid and more. After each demonstration you will work on the wheel to
practice the technique, so bring lots of clay; this will be a very
hands-on workshop. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
FREE Artists' Reception Friday, Oct. 7th at 6pm in conjunction with the
"Lidded Vessel" gallery show opening and CERF auction.
CLAY IN THE CLASSROOM
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnston
Saturday, October 15, 2005
*** This is a fun and intensive one-day, hands-on clay workshop designed
specifically for the classroom teacher. In this informative workshop you
will learn how to: choose materials (e.g., clay, glazes, etc.), set up
your classroom to use clay with less mess, and design age-appropriate
lessons that develop creativity and problem-solving. The workshop will
also cover: solving classroom management "issues" when working with
clay, firing your school Kiln and finding firing services in the area,
as well as how to have fun with finishing clay projects after they have
been fired ...new, interesting, and inexpensive ways to decorate and/or
preserve the surface of your clay art and MUCH more!
FEE: $100 + $20 material fee
HOURS: 10-4pm
CREATIVE MOSAICS
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnston
Saturday, November 12, 2005
*** An inventive and creative workshop that will introduce you to fun
techniques for using broken plates, glassware and other materials you've
found at thrift stores, garage sales, or maybe even your own cupboard,
to create decorative surfaces such as garden stepping stones and flower
pots. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $100 + $20 materials fee ($10 discount for MECAC, OVCAG, ACGA
members)
HOURS: 9-3pm
PAUL SOLDNER: MASTER AT WORK
Instructor: Paul Soldner
Saturday & Sunday, January 21-22, 2006
*** Come learn from the Master at Work as he will push the limits of
clay, revealing unique textures and forms! Paul Soldner will
demonstrate and produce a body of work in the studio. Participants are
encouraged to watch, ask questions, document and photograph the creative
process as practiced by a mature artist. He will talk about his life
and personal philosophy. In addition, Soldner will teach his low-tech
solutions for mixing glazes, making terra-sigillata, kiln-building,
firing theory, and explain his clay aesthetics.
FEE: $135 non-members / $125 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
HOURS: 10-4pm
FREE Artists' Reception and Slideshow hosted by Paul Soldner Friday,
Jan. 20th at 6pm in conjunction with The Abstract gallery show opening
and CERF auction.
Mother Earth Clay Art Center
790 Lucerne Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
408.245.6262
www.mamasclay.com
Samantha Kell on tue 20 sep 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790
Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
FAMILY CLAY DAY
This popular event is held monthly on the following dates:
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Thursday, December 29, 2005
*** Bring your entire family for two hours of quality time creating with
clay at Mother Earth Clay Art Center's Family Clay Day! Decorate tiles,
create sculptures and make a bowl on the potter's wheel with the help of
our talented staff and members. All materials and firing included.
Reserved seating only. Please call ahead (408.245.6262) to reserve seats
for all of your family members!
FEE: $15/adult $12/child
HOURS: 10am-Noon
EFFECTIVE WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS
Instructor: Bob Nicholson
Saturday, October 1, 2005
*** Need your website to showcase your artwork to galleries? Want your
customers coming back again and again? Want to offer your artwork for
sale on the Internet? ...then this workshop is for YOU!
Learn how an effective web strategy can showcase and sell your work!
This workshop is not about the mechanics of building websites. Instead,
you'll learn how to use the Internet as a marketing and sales tool. In
the course of the workshop, you'll set realistic business goals for your
website, and create a plan for achieving those goals using specific
techniques that we will present. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
ADVANCED THROWING TECHNIQUES
Instructor: Jill Getzan
Saturday, October 8, 2005
***This one day workshop will be a great way to improve your throwing
skills. Jill Getzan will demonstrate various techniques such as plates,
platters, lid galleries, throwing off the hump, how to throw knobs on
the lid and more. After each demonstration you will work on the wheel to
practice the technique, so bring lots of clay; this will be a very
hands-on workshop. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $65 non-members/ $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC Members
HOURS: 10-4pm
FREE Artists' Reception Friday, Oct. 7th at 6pm in conjunction with the
"Lidded Vessel" gallery show opening and CERF auction.
CLAY IN THE CLASSROOM
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnston
Saturday, October 15, 2005
*** This is a fun and intensive one-day, hands-on clay workshop designed
specifically for the classroom teacher. In this informative workshop you
will learn how to: choose materials (e.g., clay, glazes, etc.), set up
your classroom to use clay with less mess, and design age-appropriate
lessons that develop creativity and problem-solving. The workshop will
also cover: solving classroom management "issues" when working with
clay, firing your school Kiln and finding firing services in the area,
as well as how to have fun with finishing clay projects after they have
been fired ...new, interesting, and inexpensive ways to decorate and/or
preserve the surface of your clay art and MUCH more!
FEE: $100 + $20 material fee
HOURS: 10-4pm
CREATIVE MOSAICS
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnston
Saturday, November 12, 2005
*** An inventive and creative workshop that will introduce you to fun
techniques for using broken plates, glassware and other materials you've
found at thrift stores, garage sales, or maybe even your own cupboard,
to create decorative surfaces such as garden stepping stones and flower
pots. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $100 + $20 materials fee ($10 discount for MECAC, OVCAG, ACGA
members)
HOURS: 9-3pm
PAUL SOLDNER: MASTER AT WORK
Instructor: Paul Soldner
Saturday & Sunday, January 21-22, 2006
*** Come learn from the Master at Work as he will push the limits of
clay, revealing unique textures and forms! Paul Soldner will
demonstrate and produce a body of work in the studio. Participants are
encouraged to watch, ask questions, document and photograph the creative
process as practiced by a mature artist. He will talk about his life
and personal philosophy. In addition, Soldner will teach his low-tech
solutions for mixing glazes, making terra-sigillata, kiln-building,
firing theory, and explain his clay aesthetics.
FEE: $135 non-members / $125 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
HOURS: 10-4pm
FREE Artists' Reception and Slideshow hosted by Paul Soldner Friday,
Jan. 20th at 6pm in conjunction with The Abstract gallery show opening
and CERF auction.
Mother Earth Clay Art Center
790 Lucerne Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
408.245.6262
www.mamasclay.com
Samantha Kell on fri 14 oct 05
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MOTHER EARTH CLAY ART CENTER
www.mamasclay.com; 408-245-6262; 790
Lucerne Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
CREATIVE MOSAICS
Instructor: Peggy Ann Johnston
Saturday, November 12, 2005
*** An inventive and creative workshop that will introduce you to fun
techniques for using broken plates, glassware and other materials you've
found at thrift stores, garage sales, or maybe even your own cupboard,
to create decorative surfaces such as garden stepping stones and flower
pots. Check website for materials list.
FEE: $100 + $20 materials fee ($10 discount for MECAC, OVCAG, ACGA
members)
HOURS: 9-3pm
BRUSHWORK FOR POTTERS
Instructor: Jill Getzan
Saturday, November 19, 2005
*** This workshop is designed to improve your brush skills when painting
on pottery.
The workshop will begin with a demonstration and practice of painting on
paper to improve your general brush skills and enhance your confidence
in creating graceful brush strokes. In the afternoon you will use these
newfound skills to paint on your own pieces of pottery using slips,
underglazes, or oxides.
FEE: $65 non-members / $60 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
Additional Materials/Participation Fees: $15
HOURS: 10am-4pm
PAUL SOLDNER: MASTER AT WORK
Instructor: Paul Soldner
Saturday & Sunday, January 21-22, 2006
*** Come learn from the Master at Work as he will push the limits of
clay, revealing unique textures and forms! Paul Soldner will
demonstrate and produce a body of work in the studio. Participants are
encouraged to watch, ask questions, document and photograph the creative
process as practiced by a mature artist. He will talk about his life
and personal philosophy. In addition, Soldner will teach his low-tech
solutions for mixing glazes, making terra-sigillata, kiln-building,
firing theory, and explain his clay aesthetics.
FEE: $135 non-members / $125 OVCAG, ACGA, MECAC members
HOURS: 10am-4pm
FREE Artists' Reception and Slideshow hosted by Paul Soldner Friday,
Jan. 20th at 6pm in conjunction with The Abstract gallery show opening
and sale to benefit CERF.
THROWING TEXTURED SLABS FOR HANDBUILT ARTWORK
Instructors: Bob and Sandy Kinzie
Saturday & Sunday, February 11-12, 2006
*** In this two day, hands-on workshop, renowned local ceramic artists
Bob and Sandy Kinzie will lead you through the multi-faceted technique
of using thrown, textured slabs to create handbuilt artwork.
Bob will focus on the basics of throwing and inside forming to
facilitate the generation of thrown textures and the creation of thrown
slabs. Sandy will then demonstrate using those slabs for handbuilding
functional pieces.
FEE: $125 non-members / $115 OVCAG, ACGA and MECAC members
HOURS: 10am- 4pm
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