Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 15
John Toki, Blue Stance
Sam Harvey, Teapot
Lorna Meaden, Vase (detail)
August 23 - September 3
August 23 - September 3
September 13 - 24
Developing & Designing
Ceramic Sculpture
Exploring Forms & Surfaces
with Earthenware
Manipulating Form: from
elemental to elaborate
John Toki
Alleghany Meadows & Sam Harvey
Chris Gustin & Lorna Meaden
Skill Level: II - IV
Skill Level: II - IV
Skill Level: II - IV
Concept: Handbuild large-scale freestanding
ceramic sculptures. Learn to construct armatures, sectionalize a sculpture and basic drying
and firing in large scale. We also cover how to
install a work indoors or outdoors.
Concept: Explore forms through wheel throwing and coil building. Projects cover a range of
forms including covered jars, pitchers, bowls,
teapots and plates. The focus of this workshop
will be on using the simplest of techniques to
create an infinite variety of possibilities. Students will take home new skills in coil building
and throwing.
Concept: Pots for daily use cover a broad spectrum: from those distilled to their essential material to the highly manipulated and elaborate. We
address different ways of approaching materials (line, volume and scale) and ideas (aesthetics, historical reference and function). Expand
and refine your work by altering clay thrown on
the wheel and creating surface in atmospheric
kilns. Experiment with glazing techniques, surface drawing and creating texture.
Media & Techniques: We use coarse stoneware clay, stained porcelain for accent colors
and gas reduction firing.
Activities: We demonstrate specific fabrication techniques throughout the course.
Lectures are illustrated with the instructor’s
detailed drawings of armatures, bolting systems and installations methods. We explain
clay types and their application and firing programs and theories.
Faculty: John Toki was formerly a faculty member at the California College of the Arts and a
staff member at the European Ceramic Work
Center, Holland. He has installed large-scale
freestanding ceramic sculptures and murals
for the cities of Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento. Presently John is working at Building Products, Phoenix, Arizona, a
division of Mission Clay, where he is building
twenty-feet tall clay pipe sculptures. Since
1974 he has maintained a studio in Richmond,
California. In addition to his studio practice he
has co-authored three books, including Hands
in Clay (5th edition).
Tuition: $995 / Studio Support Cost: $1395
Studio Fee: $155 Code: C1214 Enrollment Limit: 12
Media & Techniques: We will use terra cotta
and white earthenware clays, slips, terra-sigillata and glazes. We will fire in atmospheric
kilns, including soda and wood to cone 1, as
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