Demonstrations and Workshops
DATES:
April 24th & 25th, 2027
DESCRIPTION:
Cub Creek Foundation is excited to host Canadian ceramic artist Tony Clennell in spring of 2027! Tony will demonstrate for two days, April 24th & 25th, focusing on larger than life utilitarian pottery for occasional use. Tony will pay attention to the details on large casseroles, pitchers, bowls, baskets and plates so they may be used for celebration and presentation.
Tony's specialty over the years has been sectional or composite throwing where he adds many pieces together to make one vessel. He has also developed a signature with the use of thrown, pulled and hand built handles. Extreme handles are his specialty!
Recent work has included the use of thick slips for a tactile geological surface to the work. The maker’s marks and details of the process are what he is interested in leaving in the finished work.
Although Tony loves to wood-fire his work, he has made his living for the past 2 decades almost exclusively glazing and firing a carbon trap Shino glaze over multiple slips in a gas fired kiln.
Bring your questions about small and large pottery, glazes, wood-firing, and more!
View Tony's Instagram @tonyclennell
Dig CCF's native clay while you are here to take home to process and create work.
Stay tuned for a May 2027 Anagama firing workshop with Tony!
COSTS:
1 day - $200
2 days - $350
Continental breakfast and lunch provided both days.
Electronic payment confirms your registration for this demonstration. A confirmation email will follow. For more information or questions, please email Heidi at hkreitchet@gmail.com or call Heidi at 928-607-5765
DATES:
April 10th & 11th, 2027
10:00am - 4:00pm
DESCRIPTION:
Melissa Weiss will be coming to CCF this spring to demonstrate her hand-building and surface design techniques! If you want to spend less time on the potter's wheel and perfect your hand-building skills, this demonstration is for you!
Melissa is knowledgeable in wild clay too and has been digging and processing her clay for years. If you are interested in native, wild clay or are learning how to prepare and process native clay, please come with your questions. Bring a piece of your native clay to show Melissa what you are working with.
Bring your questions about functional pottery, wild clay, and surface decoration to this weekend full of insightful information and
View Melissa's Instagram @melissaweisspottery
\Melissa Weiss is a full time artist working primarily in clay. She lives and works in Asheville NC. Melissa first took a ceramics class in 2004. She set up a studio shortly after that and continues experimenting with and exploring this inexhaustible material. Melissa makes illustrative, functional ceramics from a variety of clays including wild clay dug from her land in the Arkansas Ozarks, the traditional territories of the Caddo, Osage and Quapaw tribes. She uses color and pattern to create a visual language that calls the past into the present forging a path forward into the future. She is influenced by medieval, Greek, Etruscan and folk art from around the world, both aesthetically and in how these peoples explored the human condition visually. She is inspired by all people past and present fighting for liberation and a just world.
Day 1: Creating The Work
Melissa will demonstrate hand built plates, bowls, and a variety of cups. Melissa enjoys paying extra attention to the handles and feet of her pottery. Melissa will use the pinch and coil technique to show you how to create pottery without the potter's wheel.
Day 2: Surface Design Techniques
The second day of the demonstration will involve decorating the pots from Saturday. Melissa will use slips, underglazes, wax resist, inlay, carving and water etching methods.
COST:
$350
Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.
Electronic payment confirms your registration for this demonstration. A confirmation email will follow.
Electronic payment confirms your registration for this demonstration. A confirmation email will follow. For more information or questions, please email Heidi at hkreitchet@gmail.com or call Heidi at 928-607-5765