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Clay B Summer Session 6

CLAY – SUMMER SESSION 6
July 28-August 9, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Kensuke Yamada
Figuring Out

Working with stoneware clay and using coil building and other handbuilding techniques, students will construct sculptures combining multiple figures or objects, working with form and surface to create narratives. We will discuss anatomy, proportion, posture, and gesture. Facial features, hands, feet, and clothing will be added to animate the figures. Surfaces can be enhanced by texturing and detailing. We will explore glazes with test tiles. Electric firing. Basic handbuilding will be helpful, but this workshop is open to all levels. Lower clay studio. 

Assistant professor at University of Arkansas Little Rock; residencies: Archie Bray Foundation (MT), The Clay Studio (Philadelphia); visiting artist: Tyler School of Art and Architecture (Philadelphia), University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Chihuly, Inc. (Seattle); exhibitions: Duane Read Gallery (St. Louis), Blue Spiral I (NC), Catherine Person Gallery (Seattle); collections: Missoula Art Museum (MT), Bellevue Club (WA). 

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Kensuke Yamada, Frankenstein, ceramic, 42-1/2 x 21 x 8 inches
Kensuke Yamada, Frankenstein, ceramic, 42-1/2 x 21 x 8 inches
Photo by Benjamin Krain —01/05/21— UA Little Rock ceramics professor Kensuke Yamada will present a demonstration of how he creates his clay figures at the 2021 NCECA national conference in Ohio.