Join instructor Anika Major for an in-depth dive into wheel throwing, altering, and underglaze in this 4 hour demonstration workshop! We’ll combine wheel thrown parts for more complex shapes, and delve into surface design using sgrafitto and wax techniques. She will begin with wheel thrown cups, and alter them using handmade templates to puff out the form to add curves and asymmetry. Bottomless cylinders will add height and offer options for necks to create bottles, decanters, or vases. Tidy up pots with refining techniques using a rasp and scotchbrite pad for smooth surfaces. We will wrap up by decorating the surface with underglaze. Learn how and when to apply this versatile material, and ways to brush on, layer, carve through, and inlay into texture. Come away with altering techniques to refine your wheel throwing skills, and jump into underglaze surfaces with confidence.

Anika Major will show you how underglazes can be layered for a painterly effect. She will talk inspirations for designs, transferring a design to clay, and painting techniques. Anika has used underglaze on the surfaces of her work for years and has a lot of tips to share! This is a demonstration workshop. Come with a sketchbook to capture your ideas.

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In this workshop, Anika will show you how she creates vibrant and painterly surfaces using thin layers of underglaze. Learn how to strengthen your illustrations using colorful shadows and linework. We will discuss how to thoughtfully attend to all surface areas of the form, and learn to place imagery that extends beyond the main face of the pot. Create definition through the process of sgraffito, and adding underglaze pencil at the greenware stage. Anika will walk you through firing and glazing tips for midrange glaze firing, but the techniques are useful for both low fire and high fire work. Come away with new ideas and approaches to the surface, and a confidence in underglaze to create illustrative surfaces in your own studio practice!

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In this workshop, Anika will demonstrate her technique of figure painting with thin layers of underglaze to build up vibrant colors. Learn to hone your own illustrative surfaces by layering colors, and creating custom skin tones. We will discuss how to thoughtfully attend to all surface areas of the form, and learn to place figures and imagery that extends beyond the main face of the pot. Create definition through the process of sgraffito, and add elements of underglaze pencil at the greenware stage. We will cover firing and glazing tips to highlight the surface at midrange, but the techniques are useful for both low fire and high fire work. Come away with new ideas and approaches to the surface, and a confidence in underglaze to create illustrative surfaces in your own studio practice!

This course is open to all skill levels!

ONLINE WORKSHOP

Registration: $45

Monday, January 18th 1PM PST/ 4pm EST
Duration: 2 hours with Q&A
Recording Available until the end of January -
SENT the Thursday 1/22 after the live event.

Level: Beginning to intermediate

Anika Major uses both hand building and wheel throwing techniques to get just the shape she is after for thrown and altered cups. In addition to clay demonstrations, she will share her take on marrying a visual narrative with the 3D forms of her vessels! She’ll begin with a thrown cylinder and dramatically alter it by pushing and pulling the form. She will show how to use foam templates to create the rounded, cloud-like shifts in shape in the bodies of her cups. She will also show three types of handles!

Join this 2-hour workshop and come away with tips and tricks for making cups, as well as painterly surface design techniques using slips and underglaze to create flowing imagery that engages all sides of the pot.

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