
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.
Using the self as source, students will learn an interwoven combination of slab, coil, and pinch construction methods to hollow-build a self-referential bust. Build skills in how to create an interior clay armature, enlarge a maquette, and sculpt the figure!
June 8 – June 14, 2025
One week session
Kiln Unveiling
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Steere Studio
@ 10:00 AM
18+
$2,130
$1,150
$95
$50
All levels
Enrollment is limited to 10 students
Using the self as source, students will learn an interwoven combination of slab, coil, and pinch construction methods to hollow-build a self-referential bust. Those with an interest in figure, hollow building techniques, and mark making will enhance their ability to understand proportion as it relates to the figure. Demonstrations will focus on hand-building techniques to build balance, bone structure, anatomy, gesture, facial expression and sculpting facial features, planes of the head and hair techniques. An emphasis is placed on the use of the human figure as a self-referential vehicle to explore personal narrative. Additionally, students will learn how to create an interior clay armature and enlarge a maquette that we will create the very first day! Come with source material about self. Can the “self” be revealed subtlety, like in an expressive pose, or does it take a symbol or icon, or mythological narrative?
Students will take away a greenware clay bust or have the option to pick up their bisque-fired piece after the workshop to accommodate drying time before firing.
Misty Gamble, a California-transplanted feminist vegan living on the High Plains of Texas, creates life-size ceramic figurative sculptures and installations of multiple ceramic cast fragments. Misty has completed 20 residencies in the US, China and Italy. Gamble is the co-founder of Studio Nong: International Sculpture Collective and residency program. She was a full time Assistant Professor at the Kansas City Art Institute for nearly a decade and has taught throughout Italy. Currently, she is Assistant Professor of Art at West Texas A&M University.
Artist website: www.mistygamble.com
Instagram: @mistygambleart
Facebook: mistygambleartist
Other: studionong.com
75 lbs Buff Sculpture WC392 Laguna clay, and consumable supplies including a mirror, a wood base board and lazy susan turntable.
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.