Are you looking to learn how to create rich depth on the surfaces of your ceramic work? In this skill-building workshop, Taylor will demonstrate how she creates layered surfaces on unfired clay. Students will experiment with decorating techniques such as stamping, slip trailing, carving, and underglaze painting using paper resists on tile and simple, hand built forms. Strategies for harmonious, asymmetrical surface compositions on vessels and color palettes will be touched on throughout the demonstrations. Beginner experience is encouraged but not a requirement.

Friday October 24, 25 & 26 10am-4pm

All materials will be provided:
5 Bone dry tiles
5 Fresh Tiles
Variety of Amaco Velvet Underglazes

Participants may bring:
Several leather soft pots to slip trail on and several bone dry pots to underglaze.
White Mudtools Sponge

Taylor Sijan is a full-time studio artist from Catawba Island, Ohio. She earned a BFA in 3-D Arts from Bowling Green State University (2016) and an MFA with ceramics emphasis from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2021). In 2020, Taylor was named one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists. These days, she enjoys traveling to teach techniques to students and has demonstrated at institutions including Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, Wooten Clayworks, Gasworks NYC, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts, Snow Farm, and Hudgens Center for Arts and Learning.

Refunds less credit card fees are available up to 2 weeks before the workshop begins. After that period, the fee is non-refundable. However, you may transfer your ticket to a friend.