Sgraffito Workshop with Sarah Anderson

Service Description

SIGN UPS OPEN FRIDAY APRIL 10th @ 11am! Sunday, June 14th 12pm-4pm Clayroom SoMa, 375 9th Street Hey, it’s Sarah Anderson! Join me for a sgraffito workshop on June 14th at Clayroom SoMa! As a class, we will deep dive into specifics like surface design techniques, using the elements and principles in clay, underglaze vs slip, whether to glaze or leave the clay body unglazed, how to control the work time of your clay, and much more. This workshop is for all levels, beginners through advanced. Materials will be provided for you during this workshop: carving tools, underglazes, and porcelain clay tiles. You are encouraged to come with your own piece already thrown and trimmed, still at the leather hard stage, ready for carving! If you want to take your pottery to the next level, let's talk sgraffito! Sarah Anderson is a full time ceramic artist that creates illustrative characters on the surface of clay through the use of sgraffito. Bright colors and exaggerated creatures are obvious statements in her work, creating a uniquely identifiable brand for herself. She graduated from Ball State University as a sculpture major, using multiple mediums to create large scale work in 2019. She was the ceramic department chair at the Indianapolis Art Center for three years before leaving to pursue her own work full time. Her work has been featured across the nation at multiple galleries and studios, winning awards like the Best Teapot for the Strictly Functional Pottery National at the Lancaster, PA Museum in 2021. Sarah has been featured in many articles and publishers like Ceramics Monthly and Indianapolis Monthly, and teaches for many online platforms through virtual courses. She has taken her sgraffito workshop on the road to over 100 locations all across the United States in her renovated 1960’s Shasta camper. Sarah co-founded the organization Mobile Makers, a place for nomadic artists to find community online and in-person that you can read about in Ceramic Monthly’s February 2022 edition. Sarah’s work placed her as a demonstrating artist during NCECA 2023 at the Amaco Brent booth. She will be opening a community studio called Dusty Pants Studio in the fall of 2026 with her partner Austin Coudriet, complete with clay therapy and a residency program. More Information can be found about Sarah here: https://www.sarahandersonceramics.com/