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Embossed Surface/ Handbuilt 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.
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
June 22 – June 28, 2025
One-week session
Kiln Unveiling
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Steere Studio
@ 10:00 AM
18+
$2,130
$1,150
$75
$50
All levels
Enrollment is limited to 12 students
Explore the versatility of bisque molds in combination with slabs on the potter’s wheel to achieve uniformity. Bisque molds offer a great way to create repetition and consistency in one’s work. Focused on tableware, students will practice using studio-provided bisque molds and learn how to create their own. We will also be throwing pots, with a focus on measurement, to gain consistency in form. Surface development will be discussed and demonstrated including stamping, roping, and underglaze application. Students will take away custom bisque molds, bisqued-fired work, and earthenware glaze-fired pieces. This workshop is open to all skill levels – come ready to create, learn, and elevate your craft.
Kyle Carpenter was born and raised in Raleigh, NC. He attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2000. Kyle soon married and made his permanent home in Asheville, North Carolina. In 2002, he built a salt-kiln and made a studio at his home. In the spring of 2020, the Covid pandemic offered a new window of time to dedicate to exploring a new line of earthenware work.
Website: https://www.carpenterpottery.com/
IG: @kylecarpenterpottery
50 lbs #20-G EM107 Laguna clay, firing, and shared supplies including 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 and Wednesdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art..
On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!
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.
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.