At
Mudflat Studio January 26 &27
"Create pots for your decoration, create decoration for your pots." In
this workshop Adero Willard will present ways to bring together form and
surface in a more personally intuitive way. The workshop will include
hand-building and throwing demonstrations, along with an array of
decoration techniques. Discussions may include idea generating,
aesthetics, and studio practice methods. A short hands-on portion of the
workshop will provide time to practice the techniques of making and
decorating, including guided surface and form exercises. The goal of
these clay explorations is to initiate play and to stimulate curiosity
in order to generate new ways to work with form and surface. "My goal is
that participants will come away inspired and with a host of fresh
ideas and skills to bring to their own work."
Adero Willard Artist Statement:
One unifying thread in my work is the manipulation of surfaces. This is
often inspired by designs on textiles—from quilts from American cultures
to hand-sewn Indian wedding dresses. I play with surfaces in ways
similar to the textile artist: overlap, camouflage, veiling, revealing,
and decorating.
In
my newest pieces, I started to become interested in a traditional
sgraffitto technique, where imagery is carved into the top layer of the
paint to reveal areas of the surface underneath. Using this technique I
can work on the surface of a pot like a drawing.
I am still essentially intrigued with the surfaces I’ve been creating
over the past few years that combine layering pattern, and color, with a
wax resist technique to create surfaces, where some parts are hidden,
some are revealed, and some are seen under the veil of a layer. These
are surfaces I’ve developed technically, but are also a part of a
narrative, and an expression of my personal story.
Working with clay offers a very personal challenge: it has been my means
of exploring my identity as a women of mixed race heritage. While a
fairly abstract concept for pots, it is deeply rooted in my work,
manifested in my layered surfaces.
To see examples of Adero’s work –
www.aderowillard.com
Tuition: $300.00, members $150.00
Saturday, January 26 and Sunday, January 27, 10 am - 4 pm both days
