Upcoming Events
January 25th-26th Handbuilding with Sunshine Cobb
April 6th Surface Decoration with Celia Feldberg
April 26th Spring Sale
May 11th Throwing with Tomoo Hamada
September 20th-21st Throwing and Handles with Tony Clennell
November 22nd Holiday Sale
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Sunshine Cobb
Sunshine Cobb, (pronouns she/they) As a studio artist living in Helena , MT she specializes in handmade functional pottery. She frequently travels (online these days) the country as an invited lecturing and demonstrating artist. They are considered an important contemporary functional potter, hailed in both academic and commercial circles, and is consistently featured in art exhibitions throughout the country.
With a strong social media following and online media presence, she represents an innovator in online business models in the ever-changing ceramics field and a leading advocate for functional art in modern living. She has also authored two books “Mastering Hand Building” and “A Beginners Guide to Hand Building” by Voyager Press.
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Sunshine's demonstration will motivate you to experiment with new and old forms and methods of construction. Her workshop is geared toward creative expansion, a process-over-product mentality, beginners to advanced students will be inspired by. The workshop will include coil and pinch methods to hard and soft slab construction to generate pottery components. She will speak to the building surface through the making process and discuss the glaze and surface treatment of her work.
Sunshine's work is foundation is very much based in the tradition of historic ceramics. But she is a completely modern potter with contemporary themes in her work. She will talk about inspiration and how abstract concepts make their way into her work. And how to foster similar insertion into your own creative practice.
Celia Feldburg
Join Philadelphia based artist Celia Feldberg for a one day workshop that blends functional pottery with storybook-like illustration. Celia will demonstrate various techniques for making both on and off the wheel, and guide students through her methods of using sgraffito and underglaze to achieve effects reminiscent of pen and watercolor.
Participants will learn strategies for planning, sketching, and responding to forms, as well as developing characters and narratives. The workshop will emphasize both technical skills, like achieving clean lines, and emotional aspects, such as feeling at ease with drawing on clay. It’s open to everyone, from seasoned artists to those who feel they can't draw at all, offering a fun and approachable way to explore surface design.