
Repetition in Form
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
Discover and play with color using pigmented slips. This workshop will focus on low-fire decorating techniques and methods of hand building utilizing coils and slabs.
June 8 – June 14, 2025
One week session
Kiln Unveiling
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Steere Studio
@10:00 AM
18+
$2,130
$1,150
$75
$50
All levels (though handbuilding experience is recommended)
Enrollment is limited to 12 students
This workshop will be focused on hand building pieces to paint and decorate using colorful slips. We will start with small dishes to use as test tiles and graduate to larger coil and slab sculptures and vessels. Demonstrations will focus on traditional and non traditional techniques including paper stencils, slip transfers, sgraffito, mishima and layering colors. Students will be encouraged to experiment and play while getting comfortable with the materials and techniques. Bring a sketchbook and inspiration ideas for pattern and illustrations, leave with a repertoire of new skills, low-fired glaze pieces and bisqueware. This workshop is suitable for all levels, but past experience in hand building will be helpful!
Kim Murton is a ceramic artist and illustrator living in Vancouver WA. She studied ceramics and animation at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA and printmaking and film at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC. Murton worked in the animation industry in NYC for 10 years before deciding to revisit clay by attending Oregon School of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon. She is a full time potter, working out of her home studio for over 25 years.
Artist website: www.kimmurton.com
Instagram: @murtonkim
Facebook: kimurton
50 lbs Red Clay EM207 Laguna clay, firing, and shared supplies including pigmented slip, underglaze and glaze.
The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.
Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.
Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!
Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm- 4 pm.
Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our Metals Week and HOT Clay instructors speak on their art.
On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
Explore the fusion of color theory and form in ceramics. Enhance your skills with colored clay, experiment with materials, and gain a deeper understanding of color's role in your ceramic practice.
Explore the fusion of color theory and form in ceramics. Enhance your skills with colored clay, experiment with materials, and gain a deeper understanding of color's role in your ceramic practice.