Throughout a 6 week session students can explore the domestic interior in whatever way is most exciting to them. Oftentimes I’m motivated by choosing a specific household item or furniture piece that I want to make in clay, and other times the root of my making is a more abstract feeling. This class welcomes makers whose work falls on all points of the spectrum of sculpture and function. We will also spend time discussing questions such as: what is function? Is beauty a function?  

The classes will consist of a few brief presentations to credit artists who have fueled my practice and open students’ minds to the vast opportunities that ceramics provides. These will get students to think about where their object will live, on the wall, table, floor, pedestal, etc.  Demos will be continuous! Although the essentials will be planned out, I like to take time to direct students’ attention to their peers’ ways of understanding clay, as well as offering project specific demos to students during consultations if desired.