Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2000-2009 | Page 30

3d ceramics
July 20 - 24

las Gallery in Davis, California, and is a board member of the
Hawaii Craftsmen Association. She has been a past faculty
member of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.

Architecture of the Pot 
Chris Gustin   

August 3 - 14

Abstract Hanging Sculptures 
Sandro Lorenzini   

Tuition: $725  ARAC Actual Cost: $925  Studio Fee: $65
Code: C0809  Enrollment Limit 14

July 27 - August 7

Soda-Fired Porcelain: craft, surface


Tuition: $925  ARAC Actual Cost: $1325  Studio Fee: $145
Code: C1012  Enrollment Limit 12

and slip

Matt Long  guest artist Victor Babu  
Tuition: $975  ARAC Actual Cost: $1375  Studio Fee: $145
Code: C0911  Enrollment Limit 14

Chris Gustin, Vessel

Sandro Lorenzini, Untitled (detail)

CONCEPT: Throughout history, pottery has displayed countless
imaginative variations using the basic elements of design.
What makes a pot “good”? Why do some pots beg to be
used or hold their visual presence years after their making?
This workshop will help students understand the answers to
some of these questions. This class will focus on the underlying organizational strategies that exist in all pots. Students
will explore the architectural nature of the vessel; how line,
proportion, geometry, ratio, scale and volume all play a role in
the final pot. They will learn how these relationships combine
to create structure, metaphor and meaning in pottery form
and decoration.

CONCEPT: In this workshop students will make symbolic sculptures composed of different ceramic modules. Some will be
abstract, geometric shapes, like cones or spheres; others will
be narrative, symbolic figures, like clouds, shells, flowers,
hands, birds and fishes. All the modules will be made as individual, serial pieces. Made one by one, with no reference to
their final destination, these components are intended to be
letters of an alphabet or notes of a song. When all the modules are complete, students will choose 4 to 6 of their objects
and connect them with a wire for hanging. Each hanging
composition will be a uniqu R