Sunday Slabs & Sculpting: Ceramics
Registration
$350.00
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Marla Benton
Sundays, March 16 – March 30, 2025
10:00am – 4:00pm
This three-day workshop will focus on creating sculptures and incorporating them on a functional vessel. The longer work days will give you a chance to settle in and really get into refining your pieces.
Demonstrations on sculpting & slab building will lead into discussions on how to create and combine pieces. Participants will be spending the rest of their time working on their own creative projects.
This workshop is comprised of 3 working sessions (6hrs each) PLUS one final pick-up day (1hr). We will be using a white stoneware clay.
Students should bring:
- Apron (aprons can always be purchased at the LSA)
- Note book
- Pen/pencil
- Water bottle
- Label any personal tools you might bring to use
Bookings
Marla Benton
Marla Benton is a ceramic artist and educator living and working in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia. Benton has balanced working in her studio and teaching ceramic workshops. Both Benton’s gallery work and installation art encourage personal connection through text and surprising elements that challenge expectations, evoke curiosity, and encourage interactions and participation.
Originally from small town Ontario, she attended the Ontario College of Art & Design, where she found clay her preferred medium. After transferring to the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Benton completed her degree with a major in ceramics. Later, she earned her second degree from Nipissing University (BED).
Benton’s work has been published/exhibited in Canada and the USA. She has received Creation Grants from Arts NS, ArtsSmarts Grants from the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and participated in Artist Residencies.