If I Was An Animal: Portraits in Clay
Registration
Teresa Bergen
Tuesdays, October 11 – December 6, 2022
9:30am – 1:00pm
Have you ever wondered what you would look like as an animal? Well, this class is for you. Using figural ceramic sculpture as a medium for exploring story and form unfettered from reality, we will combine human and animal forms to create a metaphorical likeness. It could be a self-portrait, or someone you know, or it could be a historical figure or anyone who captures your attention.
We will spend the first weeks making smaller-scale animal figures while learning simple coil and pinching techniques and playing with expressing personality traits, notable features, and facial expressions. Building on ideas explored in earlier classes we’ll move to a large sculptural portrait, and then spend the last two weeks decorating.
This hand-building workshop is eight (3.5 hour) working sessions, plus a one-hour pick up day.
Student should bring:
- Apron
- Hand towel
- Story ideas/inspiration
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.
Teresa Bergen
Teresa Bergen Teresa Bergen is a maker of ceramic sculpture, clay machines, and sometimes puppeteer based out of Chester, NS. Her formal art studies began at Langara College in Vancouver and completed with a BFA at NSCAD University, Halifax. After cycling and hiking to Dawson City Yukon for a Residency at Klondike Institute of Art and Culture she built a kiln and started a ceramics business on a rock pile outside of town. The adventure continues across the country in her lively home studio where she maintains a full time ceramic practice and teaches workshops surrounded by her three children, a banjo picking husband and a fluctuating flock of chickens.
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.