Anderson Ranch Arts Center Workshop Catalogs 2010-2014 | Page 11

Andrew Martin, Kimono Teapot

Sam Chung, Cloud Bottles

Sara Ransford, Looking Glass Series

June 2 - 13

June 16 - 27

June 16 - 20

Andrew Martin

Sam Chung

SKILL LEVEL: II - IV

SKILL LEVEL: I - III

CONCEPT: The fired clay form is a blank canvas,
ready for the embellishments that define its
character and style. In this workshop, we focus
on designing and slip casting complex forms
with “simple” molds. Our exploration includes
teapots, hollow-cast and solid-cast forms, cups
and saucers, lidded vessels and other shapes.
We use paper cut-outs to develop the designs
and build the prototypes with a variety of different systems and materials. We make sprigs
and stamps and play with ways to alter castings. Our goal is to explore new or latent ideas,
inviting participants to arrive with clear goals
and a willingness to take risks.

CONCEPT: How do we translate designs, images
or drawings into 3-D pottery forms? We take
a twofold approach to this question: first, we
explore the making of pottery forms via slab
construction using customized paper templates. We examine how to integrate geometry into round pots by altering wheel-thrown
forms. Second, we look at how pattern and
imagery can be assimilated into form through
china painting. Our main goal is to expand our
vocabulary of pottery form by embellishing our
pottery surfaces with imagery and design.

Slip Casting: complex forms


MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Paper cut-out shapes,
tar paper, masonite, plaster, cone 6 casting
slip, marbleized colored clays and slips, and
oxidation firings.
ACTIVITIES:  Each morning we’ll review the
previous day’s progress; there will be daily
and impromptu demonstrations. We fabricate
prototypes using paper cut-out shapes, make
molds of these prototypes and use brushes
and glazes to create surfaces.
FACULTY:  Andrew Martin is the author of The
Essential Guide to Mold Making and Slip Casting. His work is known for fluidity, glazing processes, volume, structure and innovative forming. His pots are inspired by his exploration of
English, Asian and Islamic pottery traditions.
Andrew founded Ceramics Academy.

www.martinporcelain.com

Tuition: $875 OR Tuition + Studio Support Donation: $1275
Studio Fee: $155  Code: C0102  Enrollment Limit 12

Translating Flat into Form 

MEDIA & TECHNIQUES: Cone 10 porcelain and/
or grog-less buff stoneware; drawing and cutting custom templates using newsprint and tar
paper for slab construction; throwing simple
forms and altering shapes by cutting into forms
and adding slab components; china painting:
mixing paints, application methods and firing
processes.
ACTIVITIES: Morning demonstrations and time
for individualized instruction in the afternoon.
We focus on making pots during week one and
glaze, firing and china paint in week two. Presentations of surface decorations.
FACULTY:  Sam Chung is an associate professor of ceramics at Arizona State University.
He has exhibited at Harvey/Meadows Gallery,
AKAR Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery and
Lacoste Gallery. His work is included in the
collections of T