Monday, March 8, 2027, 9am-5pm
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $150 + $35 materials (clay & firings are included; lunch is provided)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Discover new ways to add texture, imagery, and narrative to your clay work in this hands-on workshop with visiting artist Lisa Orr. Drawing on techniques she uses in her own richly decorated pottery, Lisa will demonstrate how to create unique forms using bisque molds, both on the wheel and through handbuilding. No prior experience is required.
Participants will begin by using Lisa's molds to form and decorate pieces before learning how to create molds of their own, either on the wheel or at the handbuilding table. Along the way, Lisa will introduce low-relief sprigging, slip-trailing, and layering techniques that can add depth, detail, and personality to your work.
You'll also learn how to create original low-relief imagery using oil clay (plasticene, available at any hobby store), make simple molds for repeating designs, and apply those elements to leather-hard pottery. Lisa will demonstrate ways to use slip as a drawing tool, whether your style is whimsical, decorative, or narrative.
The workshop will conclude with a discussion of color, surface, and firing, including how Lisa achieves the rich jewel-tone surfaces for which her work is known through the layering of engobes, slips, and translucent alkaline glazes. While Lisa's work is typically low-fired, these ideas can be adapted to a wide range of clay bodies and firing temperatures. A recipe sheet will be provided.
This workshop will focus on forming and decorating techniques and will not include glazing or firing.
Interested in learning about Lisa Orr’s unique rocket kiln building process, and soda firing? Lisa will be leading a 2-day class on March 6th and 7th!
Lunch is provided! Please let us know of any dietary restrictions when you check out.
Lisa Orr has been a studio potter for 40+ years. After completing an MFA at the NYSCC Alfred in 1992, she received a Fulbright, an MAAA/NEA and other grants to research ceramics and create films. Her work has been placed in numerous public and private collections. Currently refining an accessible smokeless wood kiln, she also teaches, lectures, and shows nationally and internationally.
Refunds minus a 10% or $20 processing fee (whichever is lower) are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
Monday, March 8, 2027, 9am-5pm
Ages 16 and up are welcome
Cost: $150 + $35 materials (clay & firings are included; lunch is provided)
Beginners and returners welcome!
Discover new ways to add texture, imagery, and narrative to your clay work in this hands-on workshop with visiting artist Lisa Orr. Drawing on techniques she uses in her own richly decorated pottery, Lisa will demonstrate how to create unique forms using bisque molds, both on the wheel and through handbuilding. No prior experience is required.
Participants will begin by using Lisa's molds to form and decorate pieces before learning how to create molds of their own, either on the wheel or at the handbuilding table. Along the way, Lisa will introduce low-relief sprigging, slip-trailing, and layering techniques that can add depth, detail, and personality to your work.
You'll also learn how to create original low-relief imagery using oil clay (plasticene, available at any hobby store), make simple molds for repeating designs, and apply those elements to leather-hard pottery. Lisa will demonstrate ways to use slip as a drawing tool, whether your style is whimsical, decorative, or narrative.
The workshop will conclude with a discussion of color, surface, and firing, including how Lisa achieves the rich jewel-tone surfaces for which her work is known through the layering of engobes, slips, and translucent alkaline glazes. While Lisa's work is typically low-fired, these ideas can be adapted to a wide range of clay bodies and firing temperatures. A recipe sheet will be provided.
This workshop will focus on forming and decorating techniques and will not include glazing or firing.
Interested in learning about Lisa Orr’s unique rocket kiln building process, and soda firing? Lisa will be leading a 2-day class on March 6th and 7th!
Lunch is provided! Please let us know of any dietary restrictions when you check out.
Lisa Orr has been a studio potter for 40+ years. After completing an MFA at the NYSCC Alfred in 1992, she received a Fulbright, an MAAA/NEA and other grants to research ceramics and create films. Her work has been placed in numerous public and private collections. Currently refining an accessible smokeless wood kiln, she also teaches, lectures, and shows nationally and internationally.
Refunds minus a 10% or $20 processing fee (whichever is lower) are offered until 14 days before the start of class. After that, we do not offer refunds. We don’t offer refunds for missed classes, so please be sure you can attend all sessions of a class, or that you are okay with missing any that you’ll be away for. You can find out more on our studio policies page.
