Description: This class will focus on bridging the gap between using form and surface to depict narrative. We will begin the class by using basic ceramic building techniques to create a stylized figure during which we will consider how different gestures and expressions can alter the narrative of the piece. We will discuss why storytelling is important and offer tools to develop a creative way to recount history or invent a new story. Once the figure is completed, it becomes a three-dimensional canvas on which we will explore a number of interesting decorating techniques, involving building layers with slip, underglaze, and transfers and carving back into them. With these tools, students will gain insight on how the surface of a piece can deepen and add multiple layers to a piece.
In addition to this workshop, you're invited to an Artist Talk with Lynne Hobaica & Rickie Barnett on Thursday, March 6 from 5:30 - 7:30pm. This event is free and open to the public.
Level: Beginner, Ages 16+
Please note: Registration for this workshop will close on Saturday, March 1 at midnight.
Supply fee includes:
- Banding wheels
- Rolling pins
- Masking tape
- Red Clay
- White Slip
- Assorted Underglaze
- Newsprint/newspaper
Students should bring:
- Scissors
- Xacto knife
- Brushes (various sized, and preferably calligraphy and hake brushes)
- Pencil and sketchbook
- Sponge
- Favorite clay tools
- Metal rib
- Soft rubber rib
- Fettling knife
- Needle tool
- Scoring tool/serrated rib
About the Artists: Lynne Hobaica and Rickie Barnett are ceramic artists who share a home and studio in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. They consider themselves storytellers and create artwork with a narrative nature. They employ humor and playfulness in their work, speaking to the fragility of life and the heavy emotions that accompany it. Through color and form, they dance in a world of play, deep emotion, and empathy. While they both work primarily with clay - making both functional and sculptural work - they also love working with other materials including painting, photography, and paper mache.
They both sell work through the Penland Gallery, Gandee Gallery, and Blue Spiral 1. Their collaborative project, Two Headed Diver, was featured within and on the cover of the March 2020 edition of Ceramics Monthly. They are both wildly obsessed with their energetic little dog, Smokey.
About Our Programs: As a place of convergence, the Mill serves as both a community and a physical place–celebrating the power of the arts, bringing people, ideas and perspectives together. We are proud to offer adult and youth programs that focus on awareness of one’s individuality in the contexts of family, community and the natural world. Our exhibitions provide a space to reflect, share perspectives and grow as a community. Our classes & workshops are designed to inspire creativity, foster connections, and provide enriching experiences for all participants. We invite you to join us in the studio.
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