Andrew Martin Workshop @ Lillstreet Art Center

by | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized

ANDREW MARTIN WORKSHOP: MOLD MAKING AND SLIP CASTING -DISCOVERING NEW WORK (5 DAYS)

Monday, March 19, 2012 to Friday, March 23, 2012Level: Visiting Artist WorkshopsPrice: LAC Members $600.00 / Non-Members $600.00Lab Fee: $30.00

CLASS DESCRIPTION

Students should come ready to try something new, or with a latent idea that is yet to manifest. Dinnerware, teapots, vases, platters, and cups and saucers are but a few possibilities to explore. This five-day workshop will give participants the opportunity to explore and expand their knowledge of form and utility through the use of molds and slip casting. Andrew will discuss different approaches for designing prototypes and making molds, how to formulate slip specific to your needs, and explore how the workshop can initiate new directions in your work. Students should come with questions and ready to stretch their skill, knowledge, and experience.It will be possible to accomplish making one complex mold and/or several small molds. Because of the brevity of the workshop we will cast the molds but the pieces will not be fired.
For more info and to register please visit their website.

Lillstreet Art Center
4401 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 769-4226

Artist talk and demonstration – Julie York @ University of Manitoba

by | Oct 31, 2010 | Uncategorized


Julie York’s work deals with complex themes – means of processing information, cognition and recognition, how one sees and perceives objects – issues typically not explored within the ceramics medium. She is one of a handful of young makers currently redefining the use of clay in sculptural work and her efforts have been recognized. York received the Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 2007, the Independence Foundation Fellowship in 2006 and two Creative Production Grants from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Julie York is an Assistant Professor of Visual Arts and Material Practice at Emily Carr University, where she teaches in the Ceramics Department. She received her BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1996 and her MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2000. Subsequently she has held fellowships and residencies at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia and at the International Ceramic Research Centre, Guldagergaard, in Skaelskor, Denmark.

Models, Mold Making & Casting Techniques Demonstrations
Monday, November 8, 2010 | 9 am – 4 pm
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 | 9 am – noon

Conflation of Object and Image
Lecture Monday, November 8, 2010 | 7:00 pm

All events:
Ceramics Studio University of Manitoba
School of Art
203 FitzGerald Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
R3T 2N2
204.474.9367
umanitoba.ca/schools/art/