Semester:
Offered:
Date: Thursday and Friday, July 20 & 21, 2023 WAITLISTED
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Location: Ceramics Program
Registration for this workshop will open on April 26 to anyone age 18+
Learn how to transfer detailed drawings and paintings onto a clay surface using a plaster slab as an intermediary – a technique known as clay monoprint. On day 1, experiment with stamps, stencils, and freehand painting and drawing with underglazes on a plaster slab before pouring slip on the print. On day 2, we’ll pull the prints off the plaster and use simple bisque molds, press molds, and other methods to make plates, bowls, and other forms with our clay monoprints. Leave with some greenware and inspiration for a whole new approach to surface!
Darrah Bowden Bio:
Darrah Bowden is the Assistant to the Director at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. She received her BFA in Ceramics from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in 2013. She has participated in workshops at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and has attended residencies at Watershed Center for Ceramic Art as a work study student and kiln god awardee. In 2017 she was a studio assistant at Penland School of Crafts, where she learned how to make clay monoprints from Paul Andrew Wandless. She has taught workshops at Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program and has has exhibited her work in national juried exhibitions.
Materials to bring:
- Variety of brushes
- basic clay tool kit
- Apron
The studio will provide clay slip, a plaster slab per student, and underglazes for use during the workshop.
***Those enrolled in Summer 2023 classes will receive a 25% discount code prior to registration!***
Workshop Fee: $200.00 for Adult Community and Harvard Graduate students; FREE for Harvard Undergraduates