Creating Newsprint Slip Transfers

Service Description

Join us in this 2-day workshop led by artist and potter Amanda Bury SIGN UPS OPEN ON SATURDAY MAY 31st at 2PM! Saturday (July 19th): 11am-4pm w/ 1 hour lunch break Sunday (July 20th): 11am-4pm w/ 1 hour lunch break Clayroom SoMa; 375 9th Street Workshop Description: Explore how the world provides a rich playground for image creation for this greenware (leatherhard) surface technique. This workshop will focus on learning the newsprint transfer technique from the creation of the image to transfer to the clay surface using a tile or a simple slab-built form, but the technique can be applied to any handbuilt or thrown leather hard surface. Expect demonstrations and discussions on how to arrange a composition across the form, the use of colored slips as a backdrop, and sgraffito and/or stamping. You will depart with transfers you make during the course, your practice tile/piece, as well as the skills to continue to create your own custom newsprint transfers. Sat: Intro's, prep slab or slump form, find source imagery, create transfer. Sun: Finish form, colored slip application, practice trailing and transfering, image transfers onto works. About the Instructor: Amanda grew up in Washington state, where she found comfort in the natural world around her. Her functional ceramics pay homage to the origins of food and the complex, often flawed systems that bring food from the earth to our tables. Drawing inspiration from memories of her grandmother's garden and her time working on farms during college, Amanda's work reflects her deep connection to nature and agriculture. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Central Washington University. Afterward, she pursued Post-Baccalaureate study in Ceramics at the University of Montana. Amanda has been an artist-in-residence at several arts organizations across the country, including The Morean Center for Clay in Saint Petersburg, Florida, and Belger Crane Yard Studios in Kansas City, Missouri. What’s included: -25 lbs of Clay, hands-on instruction from Amanda, firing services, tools. ** We recommend your own tools but we have some tools that can be borrowed if needed! More information about the artist and images of her work can be found here: https://www.aburypottery.com/