MEMBER EVENTS
POTTERS COUNCIL PORCELAIN II
October 22, 6:00 pm - October 24, 4:00 pm
http://ceramicartsdaily.org/potters-council/porcelain-ii/
Holiday Inn Express
3900 Old Town Avenue
San Diego, CA , 92110
Receive expert tips and techniques
Porcelain II features four highly talented women. These women of porcelain will help you conquer this beautiful but challenging ceramic material. They will share their tips and techniques that will take your work to the next level. Let yourself be inspired!
Featured Artist:
Erin Furimsky, Kristen Kieffer,
Jennifer McCurdy and Lorna Meaden
What you will learn:
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Learn decoration techniques from stamp-making and stamping to slip-trailing and resists.
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Altering and darting wheel-thrown forms.
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Learn how to create pots that have a generous sense of volume and fluidity of line, with wheel-thrown and altered porcelain.
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Altering pots on and off the wheel.
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Slip inlay surface treatment.
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The step-by-step instruction- from throwing to decorating- of making a porcelain watering can.
* Discover the technique of dry-throwing porcelain.
* Hand carving forms in the leather-hard stage.
* Discuss the concept of strength vs plasticity in the porcelain as it moves through the working stages.
