Visiting Artist Workshop: Constructing Meaning – Cups and Architectural Forms in Clay with Stacy Snyder
October 3 @ 10:00 am – October 4 @ 5:00 pm
In this workshop participants will explore and discuss the processes of throwing parts for constructed architectural forms such as butterdishes, complex vases, salt and pepper shakers, house shaped jars using wheel thrown parts that are altered and assembled
You will also throw cups made for specific various liquids (coffee, tea, espresso, cappuccino, water, etc.) and discuss the meaning of a handmade cup in today’s world.
Saturday AM – Cup making demo and discussion about the meaning of cups and the meaning of a handmade cup. Students will throw several cup forms.
Saturday PM – Demo throwing parts for house jars, house vases, salt and pepper sets, butterdishes and other forms that require construction. The class will throw parts for making their own constructed forms.
Sunday AM – Demo handles and putting together constructed parts. Class will then work on handles and constructed forms.
Sunday PM – Demo layering surfaces. Underglaze with masking, iron decals, low temperature glaze with masking, low temperature decals. This will be demo only.
Tools to bring:
Any throwing or handbuilding tools that you like and are accustomed to using (fettling knife or other small knife, palstic scraper, sponges, ribs, surform tools, serrated ribs, etc).
There will be a break for lunch both days. Feel free to bring your own lunch or visit one of the many restaurants within walking distance.
If you are curious about Stacy Snyder’s workshop but haven’t decided whether or not to sign up you may consider attending her Virtual Artist Talk. This will take place on Tuesday, September 15, from 12:30 – 1:30 pm.
About the Instructor
Stacy Snyder grew up in the mountains in southwest Virginia and now lives and works as a full-time studio potter in Arlington, Virginia, just a few miles from Washington, D.C..
Stacy received a BFA in Ceramics and Photography from Indiana University in 1994 then spent a year as a special student at the Kansas City Art Institute. In 1998 she received an MFA in Ceramics from The Pennsylvania State University. She has participated in residencies at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and spent time working at the Fundacio Josep Llorens Artigas outside of Barcelona, Spain.
Her work is inspired by what she loves: the rooflines and aerial images of and glimpses of humanity that take my breath away when watching bike races, the photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher which are straight forward images of utilitarian structures, the color and composition of the landscape paintings by Egon Schiele and Richard Diebenkorn, the simple yet complex layering of Rosanjin’s work, and the way a weathering barn sits nestled in a mountain.