Happiness Is a Warm Extruder
Sunday, July 12 at 10am—4pm
Ticonic Gallery + Studios
Art of Clay Studio, Paul J. Schupf Art Center, 93 Main Street, Waterville
Hayne Bayless will lead this workshop where we'll explore extruding and slab techniques as we consider making a number of functional stoneware forms. Our approach will be mindful of letting these processes show in the work; if we keep out of clay’s way, it can reveal its essence, and the results will be fresh and lively. We’ll use unconventional forming methods and unusual approaches to surface decoration, including stencils, stretched slabs, and slip inlay. Myths will be busted and secrets revealed.
Hayne is a studio potter in Ivoryton, Connecticut. He abandoned throwing early on, lured by the freedom of hand-building. Other than lessons from a potter in Tokyo when he was 19, and later a handful of workshops, he managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He sells work through galleries and at craft shows, and has won the top awards at the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. In the studio he likes to keep in mind the words of sculptor Constantin Brancusi: "Each material has its own life ... we must not try to make materials speak our language, we must go with them to the point where others will understand their language.”
Age: Adults 18+
Limit: 10 participants