Pattern Translation with Liquid Clay: Ceramics
Registration
$425.00
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Tim Worthington
Tuesdays, October 8 – November 19, 2024
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Our purpose is to discover the possibilities of liquid clay slip by copying a pattern. Students will bring in a pattern or patterns, and we will transfer them to a clay body using various slip techniques, including brushing, sponging, trailing, sgraffito and stencils. We will use a tile format so that our focus will be on the decorating, rather than on object making. (Throwing experience not required.)
This workshop is comprised of 7 working sessions (3hrs) PLUS one final pick-up day (1hr) on November 26th. We will be using red stoneware clay.
Students should bring:
- Apron
- Hand towel
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Tim Worthington
Tim Worthington shares his studio in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, with ceramics artist, Pam Birdsall. He received a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Ceramics from Ohio Northern University, and a Master in Fine Arts in Ceramics from NSCAD University, in Halifax, NS (1976). While at NSCAD he gained perspective, seeing and studying pottery across cultures, from Neolithic times to the present. He has been shaped by early English slipware and the tradition of the commemorative plate, and by the strong forms and patterns of Eastern ceramics. The book, How To Wrap 5 Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging, was a major influence in his appreciation of form and function. The Arts and Crafts movement, and its idea that function does not preclude beauty, has also deeply informed his work.
Using a local earthenware clay, and following some of his early influences, Tim began decorating exclusively with coloured clay slips and transparent glazes. He notes that slipware demands that you decorate the pottery before it has been fired, so there is a wonderful fluidity to the process that offers endless options for truly unique patterns.
To quote Tim’s inspiring message about ceramics, “To realize an idea in a three-dimensional object is a kind of magic.”