Semester:
Offered:
June 17 & 18, 2023 WAITLISTED
Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm each day with 1 hour lunch break.
Registration for this workshop is open now to anyone age 18+.
In this dynamic workshop, longtime friends and collaborators James C. Watkins and Paul Andrew Wandless will demonstrate how they use alternative firing methods and printmaking processes to address the surfaces of thrown and hand-built clay work. While Watkins shares his throwing techniques for his vessel and platter forms, Wandless will share his screen printing and relief printing processes to transfer images and designs onto the clay surface. Both artists will present a visual presentation of their artistic careers and influences. Workshop participants can try out screen printing and relief printing on tiles provided by the Ceramics Program. Then, Watkins and Wandless, who co-authored the book Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku, Saggar, Pit, Barrel, will demonstrate metal can saggar firing, aluminum foil saggar firing, and raku firing. If time allows, workshop participants may include bisque ware provided by the studio in these firings.
Both artists are featured presenters at the 2023 National Conference on Education for the Ceramics Arts (NCECA) in Cincinnati, OH!
Image: left, clay monoprints by Paul Andrew Wandless. right: vessels by James C. Watkins.
Workshop Cost: $50 for Harvard College Undergraduates, $250 for adults and Harvard Graduate students enrolled in a course at the Ceramics Program, and $300.00 for those not enrolled in a course.
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Artist Bios:
Paul Andrew Wandless is an artist, author and educator who operates his studio in Chicago, Illinois. He’s given over 100 workshops regarding his art and techniques around the U.S. and Canada. His clay work, prints and sculptures have been widely exhibited since 1995 including a solo exhibition at the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art and featured artist at the Racine Museum of Art. His work appears in 18 books and is held in private and public collections including the Racine Museum of Art and the Tweed Museum of Art. Wandless authored “Image Transfer on Clay,” “500 Prints on Clay, Image & Design Transfer Techniques,” co-authored “Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques” and is a contributing author in 10 books. He's written 31 articles for several publications including Pottery Making Illustrated and the International Review of African American Art. He’s also featured in the DVD, “Fundamentals of Screen Printing on Clay with Paul Andrew Wandless.”
James C. Watkins is a ceramic artist who has worked with clay for over 40 years. His work is held in 24 permanent collections, including the White House Collection of American Crafts at the Clinton Library in Little Rock, Arkansas, the Shigaraki Institute of Ceramic Studies in Shigaraki, Japan, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, the Tweed Museum in Duluth, Minnesota, the Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, Texas. Watkins’ work has been widely exhibited in 47 solo exhibitions and 171 group exhibitions. Watkins is a Texas Tech University, Horn Distinguished Professor Emeritus. The Horn Professorship is the highest honor Texas Tech University may bestow on members of its faculty. Horn Professorships are granted to professors in recognition of national and international distinction for outstanding research or other creative scholarly achievements. He was a 2005 Senior Fulbright Scholar, teaching in Vietnam at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Architecture. Watkins is the 2019 recipient of the HCCC Texas Master Award presented by the Houston Center of Contemporary Crafts in Houston, Texas. Watkins is the author of the self-published book, “Reflections Made of Memories.” He is also the co-author of the book; “Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques” published by Sterling Publishing, co-authored with Paul Andrew Wandless. “Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques” has been translated into both German and Chinese. His work is the subject of a book entitled “A Meditation of Fire: The Art of James C. Watkins” by Kippra D. Hopper published by Texas Tech University Press. Watkins has written numerous articles for national and international magazines, including Ceramics Monthly. Studio Potter, New Ceramics: The European Ceramics Magazine, and China Ceramic Artist Magazine. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from Indiana University.
