Workshops At AMOCA

Gerit Grimm Workshop
Large sculptures with stoneware, whimsy and stories

Saturday May 25th, 2013

Cost: $65 for AMOCA Members, $85 for Non-Members

Gerit will demonstrate how she creates extra-large figurative sculptures using wheel thrown elements and handbuilding techniques in stoneware.

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Diego Valles Demonstration workshop
A Mata Ortiz 2-Day Demonstration Workshop - for both technique and firing

Saturday June 29th and Sunday June 30th, 2013

Cost: $25 for AMOCA Members, $45 for Non-Members [For two days, no discount given for single days]

This two-day workshop is an amazing opportunity to see a Mata Ortiz master at work. Saturday, Diego will demonstrate his technique and process. Sunday he will demonstrate his traditional firing techniques.

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David Gilbaugh Workshop
Faux Boix and the Tectonic Method

Saturday July 27th, 2013

Cost: $65 for AMOCA Members, $85 for Non-Members

David will demonstrate using the forces that shape and texture the earth’s crust to create earthy “Tectonic Forms” and textures in clay

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Peter Callas Workshop
Mark your calendars now!

November 2nd, 2013

More information coming soon. Mark your calendars now. To get updates and announcements for registration, send Angie Reyes an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Gareth Mason - Friendship Forged in Fire Workshop

Demonstration Workshop & Lecture

Sunday, March 10, 2013 10am - 2pm $65 ($45 for AMOCA members)

The experience of making is by no means a set thing for me. Sometimes, a piece of work can remain unresolved for years! Though I will be unable to deliver a 'finished' work, you are welcome to join me on an interesting part of the journey. I will have a number of components already prepared, which I will assemble, stretch, pinch, puncture and variously manipulate for your delectation. This, the 'plastic' stage, when the clay is malleable and responsive, is demanding and dramatic. Expect the unexpected, in what I hope will be an inclusive, informal and entertaining peek at my ceramics practice.

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Barry You Glazing Workshop

FREE WITH PAID ADMISSION!

Sunday, January 27, 2013 9:00-4:00

RSVP now to participate in this free demonstartion workshop. Following up on his Slab and Surface Technique workshop last year, Barry You will be back to complete his work and demonstrate his finishing and glazing techniques. Admission was free.





 

The Bandana Brigade: Workshop with Elaine Katzer
Hands-On Workshop: Pinching Geometric and Organic Shapes

August 18 & 19, 2012 10:00am - 4:00pm

Cost: $150 for AMOCA Members, $200 for Non-Members

Sign up now to be a part of this exciting two-day workshop! Elaine Katzer will demonstrate and teach you the extended pinching method that she has continued to use for the past 50 years to build her large-scale sculptures. Be prepared to build a sculpture (8x8x8) in a geometric, stacked form. Come with drawings of an organic from that will finish the top of your piece.





 

Yixing Teapot Hands-On Workshop

Saturday, April 14th, 2012 9:00am - 4:00pm

Cost: $45 for AMOCA Members, $65 for Non-Members

In conjunction with the Big Fish, Small Pot V International Teapot Competition, hosted this year at AMOCA, we will offer a Yixing Teapot Workshop featuring 11 Yixing artists visiting from China. This is an amazing opportunity to learn from a variety of Yixing artists and get hands-on experience working in this unique style.

John Balistreri - Large Scale Sculpture & 3D Ceramic Printing

Two-Day Demonstration Workshop

Saturday, March 24, 2012 9:00-4:00

Sunday, March 25, 2012 10:00-4:00

Cost: $65 for AMOCA Members, $85 for Non-Members

Though in its infancy, new digital technologies are undeniably affecting art and artists. Professor John Balistreri bridges the gap between art and industry by using 3D rapid prototyping technology to create unique ceramic objects. Today his research team at Bowling Green State University leads the world in this new method of creating ceramics. During the workshop I will share my techniques for large scale sculpture and talk about the ceramic 3d printing I'm involved in.

Barry You - Slab & Surface Techniques

Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:00-3:30

Barry You has been an artist for over 30 years and has won various juried shows and competitions in both Taiwan and the US. In this day-long workshop, Barry will introduced participants to his slab building and surface techniques as well as his creative process. Click here to see photos from the workshop.