WORKSHOPS
IN-PERSON AND ONLINE
Designed for students looking to advance their skills in a concentrated period of time, our intensives offer a unique opportunity to dive deep into techniques and concepts. Experience the joy of focused creation and unlock new dimensions of your creative potential with us. Join a network of passionate artists and take your figurative ceramics to the next level.
Next In-Person Workshop
in Collaboration with Penland School of Craft:
Fire Forms: Large-Scale Ceramics and Pit Firing
Cristina Córdova and Patricia Esperanza
Fall 2025 Concentration:
September 28 - November 7, 2025
Workshop Overview:
Building big opens up a different relationship with our creativity. Within the realm of figurative sculpture, large-scale pieces evoke a connection to the monumental and archetypal, drawing a different energy from which to let concepts and personal narratives flow. This workshop will explore basic, effective strategies for large-scale slab, pinch, and coil construction.
We will cover creating blueprints, sourcing clay bodies, tools, and equipment as well as drying protocols and firing cycles to ensure success. We will complement this with a surface lab to build a library of finishing possibilities. We will practice both electric firing and pit firing, which is a communal process that brings people together and creates unique surface effects.
All levels. Upper clay studio.
Note: This class will require full body mobility and the ability to carry at least 25 pounds of clay.
