Louisville Clay: May 2010

Introduction

Louisville Clay has over 100 members. We are a diversified group of ceramic artists from hobbyists to professionals. Throughout the year there are many events, meetings, and workshops sponsored by Louisville Clay, which are open to our members and the public.
For your convenience, anything on the blog that is in light blue is a link to an email address, a website or a slide show. On the right hand side there are lists of members' websites, repair resources, a link to our regional supplier, a list of individuals who teach classes and other pertinent information.
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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Dana Major Kanovitz Workshop - June 19-20

Accessing Creativity: Clay and Mixed Media

Featuring Dana Major Kanovitz

Hosted by Louisville Clay

Explore new ways to access your creativity in this two-day workshop with clay and multi-media artist Dana Major Kanovitz. Creativity and inspiration can seem elusive, but there are "start" buttons. We'll look into ways to access and express interests you didn't know you have. Using creativity-enhancing exercises in preparation for art making, and intuition based approaches to materials, this workshop seeks to open your mind to your own studio practice. There's a lot of art waiting to be made... let's find it! This workshop is 1/3 creativity building exercises, and 2/3 demonstration and some hands on material exploration using clay, paper clay, and mixed media.

Please Register Now, space is limited!

Fee: $50 for Louisville Clay members and students, $75 for non-members

Saturday, June 19^th & Sunday June 20^th

9:30am – 4pm

REGISTRATION FORM: DANA MAJOR KANOVITZ WORKSHOP

Held at: Clay House Pots/Amy Elswick’s studio

741 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202

502-561-7878

We’ll start off with a slide presentation and insights from Dana. We will then take a glimpse into what you are working on in your studios as we delve into working intuitively with clay.

This workshop will explore all the following:

STUDIO PRACTICE:

We will work on identifying rich areas of studio exploration for the individual artist. We'll find out how to identify interests you didn't even know you had! We'll also explore alternative uses of familiar media, and experimenting with new media, for the individual artist. This will be a group discussion that takes place at the studio tables using claywork and paper collage as vehicles for creative expression. We'll also have some personal inventory exercises.

PAPERCLAY:

The life size human figures featured on Dana’s website are all made from "Creative Paperclay." So are the Paper and Hair sculptures http://www.danamajorkanovitz.com/ (look in portfolio). This is a non-toxic paper pulp product from Japan (that contains no clay at all), which is formed much in the same way as clay. It air hardens, or can be encouraged to dry in the oven or with heat guns. After it has dried, it can be sanded, tapped, sawn, and scratched. Surface treatment options are endless, including paint, ink, pencil, dye, and sgrafitto. I have the paperclay, and will make it available for purchase to participants. It's about $7.00 a pound, but that pound can go an awfully long way.

SLAB BUILDING WITH CLAY:

We'll learn the slab-building techniques that Dana studied under Alexander Zadorin in St. Petersburg Russia in the early 1990's.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Lana Wilson Workshop - May 8 & 9

LANA WILSON

MAY 8 & 9 2010 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Slide Show - May 8, 5:00 pm
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
HPES BUILDING, RM 136
SW CORNER OF FLOYD AND WARNOCK
Park at lot on south side of building
Sponsored by
LOUISVILLE CLAY

WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE NOTED POTTER

LANA WILSON

SHARE WITH US MANY FACETS OF HER WORK. SHE HAS BEEN A LONG TIME CONTRIBUTOR TO CLAY TIMES AND HAS DONE COUNTLESS WORKSHOPS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THE FUN AND IDEAS SHE INSPIRES.