Assembling the Doll

Assembling the Doll: The Process and Practice of Creative Intuition

Sunday, August 7-

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Class Full

email Elaine to get on the waitlist at

tuscarorapotteryschool@gmail.com

Instructors: Gail Rappa and Elaine Parks

For many of us, the noise of the world these past couple of years has drowned out our ability to listen to our intuition. The act of collecting found objects and assembling them to create a finished piece requires the artist to look for and at the materials, listen to what the materials say, trust that knowing, and then follow that guidance through the creative process, over and over again until the piece is complete.

Join us for this 6-day workshop that will be equal parts play, process, and practice. Participants will be encouraged to push themselves toward their artistic edge by trusting their intuition to create dolls incorporating clay, metal, fiber, and found objects.

The workshop will cover working with cone 5 clay, hand-building, glazing, using an electric kiln, and the use of cold connections for attaching a variety of found objects. We will create a safe environment for sharing and critiques that will happen throughout the workshop.