Jeff Rogers teaches techniques for making larger ceramic forms. Improve your throwing and hand building skills in this 2 day hands on workshop.

Jeff will demonstrate various techniques for making larger ceramic pieces. All skill levels are welcomed. There will be a demonstration Friday evening  followed by the first day where participants will work to create forms. During this day Jeff will work with individual students to help them with throwing and hand building skills at whatever level they find themselves. The second day we will collectively choose and assemble the elements from the first day, learning composition and assembly techniques that are accessible to everyone. Students are asked to bring small items of personal significance to be incorporated as part of final compositions. This is both a dynamic, fun community building workshop as well as an excellent opportunity to grow your  skill level, especially at the potters wheel.

Jeff Rogers Exhibition Opening: Pod 2, Thursday May 15 @ 5:30pm
Demonstration: Friday, May 16th @5:30pm
Hands-on Workshop: Sat & Sun. May 17 & 18 10am-5pm

About Jeff Rogers

Jeff Rogers has over thirty years of experience as an art potter, production potter, pottery teacher, and workshop leader, most recently teaching and serving as Ceramic Department Program & Studio Manager at Crealde School of Art in Winter Park Florida.

Jeff began life in clay as a potter’s apprentice to the renowned potter Charles Counts at Rising Fawn Pottery on Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He moved to Montsalvy, France, and studied with Sue Atkins at La Potterie du Don.  Jeff’s passion for pottery has taken him around the world. He has taught, produced, and exhibited pottery in France, Haiti, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and other, often exotic, locales and situations. His work graces many collections, and his dinnerware has served the president of France.

Alongside his love and dedication to artistic vision and craftsmanship in clay, Jeff has a solid commitment to community involvement related to justice and equality. He worked with Beyond Borders in Haiti for several years to help build and support indigenous movements there. In Chattanooga, TN, Jeff collaborated with PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity). He was a founding member and community liaison for the JEDI (Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion) Committee of Windsor, VT.

Jeff’s skill and passion as a potter and his ease of communication bring fun and delight into his teaching and organizing work. When his hands are not in clay or engaged in the community, Jeff may be found playing guitar and singing quirky jazz songs at a local open mike.