Saturday & Sunday...
It's a 2-day THROWING DEMONSTRATION and FIRING INTENSIVE workshop in eastern Ohio.
Join Tom Radca & Brenda McMahon for this Spring Workshop at their 36-acre studio and art farm in Port Washington, Ohio.
During this workshop you will learn how to increase the amount of clay you throw and learn to loosen up in that process. You will also get a comprehensive overview of saggar firing, the philosopy and how to build a saggar kiln. Your bisque fired pots will be saggar fired at the farm, so you'll see the results the next day!
LARGE & L O O S E: Tom will teach participants how to double the amount of clay you currently throw and how to throw it with fluidity. Tom regularly makes 36" diameter platters like this one.
But you don't have to have that kind of skill to learn how to Throw Large & Loose. If you can throw 4 lbs comfortably, learn to throw 8 lbs overnight. If you can throw 8 lbs comfortably, you're ready to jump up to 16 lbs and on like that. It's fast and easy. You'll be amazed.
Polished & Poetic: Brenda has been making saggar fired pots for 15 years and teaches saggar workshops across the country. In the saggar section of the workshop you will learn the philosphy, ideas and conception behind saggar firing. How these dynamic blushes occur on the pots without the use of any glazes - it's a contemporary smoke fire process.
Saggar firing is not raku. Brenda describes it as a contemporary pit-firing because it is more rooted in primitive firing techniques than in Korean or Japanese raku firing. It is different in several ways. The most obvious is the color palette - soft blushes of color on saggar pots are achieved through a smoking & fuming process. There is no glaze, but minerals are used to encourage the fume.
Bring your pots to this workshop - 1 to 3 of them - and you'll learn how to use natural materials, mineral salts and fire to get magical flashes on your pots.
You don't have to burnish the pieces, but if you do, the finish is that much more enticing.
Brenda and Tom are eager to share their knowledge of clay and fire with all participants. For more information on Brenda or Tom's work - go to http://www.tomradca.com or http://www.bluemoonclay.com.
