CLAY – SUMMER SESSION 3
June 16-28, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
A. Blair Clemo
No Rules Mold Making

This approachable and beginner friendly workshop will demystify making and using plaster molds. With an emphasis on exploration and creative problem-solving, we will cover a broad range of techniques for making and using press molds while challenging expectations of what molds can do. A “no rules” approach will simplify mold making and result in versatile molds that can be combined with other forming processes (wheel, coil, slab) to make new and innovative forms. Demonstrations will focus on prototyping, mold making, and utilitarian pottery. We will work at cone 6 with options for oxidation and salt/soda firing. All levels. Lower clay studio.

Associate professor and head of clay at Virginia Commonwealth University; residencies: Northern Clay Center (Minneapolis), Da Wang Culture Highland (China), Zentrum für Keramik (Berlin), Jingdezhen International Studio (China), Archie Bray Foundation Invited Artist Program (MT), International Ceramics Studio (Hungary); work included in more than 130 solo and group exhibitions.

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Jan 15– Regular enrollment opens