Throwing Tall with Sondra Elder - May 18th at 11am EST
Workshop Description:
Sondra will demonstrate how to throw forms in multiple pieces and make them look like they were thrown in only one. First I will demonstrate by pulling a cylinder - with pulling tips to show how to get that elusive clay from the bottom to the top - and expanding it to create a bulbous form. I will then teach how to strengthen the piece so an additional piece may be added. I will then demonstrate how to bring both pieces together to create one cohesive form without interruption. I will teach many of the tips that potters need to successfully throw tall including speed control, compression, firming, and body dynamics. Even the smallest potters can make pieces that are only limited by the size of their kiln. Finally, I will demonstrate how to eliminate “wasted clay” during the throwing process.
Artist Bio:
As a self-taught artist, Sondra was not able to truly devote time to her creative journey until after retiring from her life in the business world. Now that she has removed her corporate “hat”, her surroundings constantly inspire her artistic expression. After making her first ceramic piece in 2014, Sondra was hooked. Her journey has taken her across the globe to develop her skills.
With her pottery, her chosen medium is porcelain because its strength and delicacy learn to live in harmony. It is her perfect canvas to display the beautiful zinc-silicate crystals that can only be created through normally destructive fire. These naturally occurring phenomena inspire her never-ending desire to artistically harness their capability on the backdrop of her forms - which equally exude both capability and femininity.
She creates her forms on the potter’s wheel with a vision to move the observer’s eye from one end of the piece fluidly around the work without interruption.
Once you purchase the workshop, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and any other info that you need before joining! You’ll receive a recording of the 1.5-2 hour session, as well, for 6 months of access.
Workshop Description:
Sondra will demonstrate how to throw forms in multiple pieces and make them look like they were thrown in only one. First I will demonstrate by pulling a cylinder - with pulling tips to show how to get that elusive clay from the bottom to the top - and expanding it to create a bulbous form. I will then teach how to strengthen the piece so an additional piece may be added. I will then demonstrate how to bring both pieces together to create one cohesive form without interruption. I will teach many of the tips that potters need to successfully throw tall including speed control, compression, firming, and body dynamics. Even the smallest potters can make pieces that are only limited by the size of their kiln. Finally, I will demonstrate how to eliminate “wasted clay” during the throwing process.
Artist Bio:
As a self-taught artist, Sondra was not able to truly devote time to her creative journey until after retiring from her life in the business world. Now that she has removed her corporate “hat”, her surroundings constantly inspire her artistic expression. After making her first ceramic piece in 2014, Sondra was hooked. Her journey has taken her across the globe to develop her skills.
With her pottery, her chosen medium is porcelain because its strength and delicacy learn to live in harmony. It is her perfect canvas to display the beautiful zinc-silicate crystals that can only be created through normally destructive fire. These naturally occurring phenomena inspire her never-ending desire to artistically harness their capability on the backdrop of her forms - which equally exude both capability and femininity.
She creates her forms on the potter’s wheel with a vision to move the observer’s eye from one end of the piece fluidly around the work without interruption.
Once you purchase the workshop, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and any other info that you need before joining! You’ll receive a recording of the 1.5-2 hour session, as well, for 6 months of access.
Workshop Description:
Sondra will demonstrate how to throw forms in multiple pieces and make them look like they were thrown in only one. First I will demonstrate by pulling a cylinder - with pulling tips to show how to get that elusive clay from the bottom to the top - and expanding it to create a bulbous form. I will then teach how to strengthen the piece so an additional piece may be added. I will then demonstrate how to bring both pieces together to create one cohesive form without interruption. I will teach many of the tips that potters need to successfully throw tall including speed control, compression, firming, and body dynamics. Even the smallest potters can make pieces that are only limited by the size of their kiln. Finally, I will demonstrate how to eliminate “wasted clay” during the throwing process.
Artist Bio:
As a self-taught artist, Sondra was not able to truly devote time to her creative journey until after retiring from her life in the business world. Now that she has removed her corporate “hat”, her surroundings constantly inspire her artistic expression. After making her first ceramic piece in 2014, Sondra was hooked. Her journey has taken her across the globe to develop her skills.
With her pottery, her chosen medium is porcelain because its strength and delicacy learn to live in harmony. It is her perfect canvas to display the beautiful zinc-silicate crystals that can only be created through normally destructive fire. These naturally occurring phenomena inspire her never-ending desire to artistically harness their capability on the backdrop of her forms - which equally exude both capability and femininity.
She creates her forms on the potter’s wheel with a vision to move the observer’s eye from one end of the piece fluidly around the work without interruption.
Once you purchase the workshop, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and any other info that you need before joining! You’ll receive a recording of the 1.5-2 hour session, as well, for 6 months of access.