Lidded Ceramic Vessels | Jared Janovec | Tue-Fri, July 16-19 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Adult | Clay | Levels 2-4
Members: $630 | Non-Members: $670
Course ID: 3D2407
*This workshop must meet a minimum number of students by June 11, 2024.
Concept
The history of lidded ceramic vessels includes thousands of years of humans creating such utilitarian objects for ritualistic, ceremonial, and day-to-day usage. Whether their creation is geared toward funerary urns, fermentation and storage of foods and beverages, or perhaps for one's cherished keepsakes, lidded ceramics are one of the most versatile, iconographic ceramic vessel types in terms of their scale, proportions, and applications. In this workshop, learn the technical approaches and concepts tied to a wide variety of lid-to-vessel types on the potter's wheel and through hand building.
Experience
Through brief lectures, demonstrations, and guided instruction, create a variety of lidded vessels. Attention is paid towards the mechanical connection between lid and vessel, as well as to how such forms may be further personalized through additional form, texture and mark-making, pattern, and underglaze color enhancements. Expect to leave this workshop with new skills and one or more lidded vessels.
Skill Level
Beginning to intermediate experience with the potter's wheel and/or hand building. To dive deeper into the surface of your pieces, consider joining Jared's Clay and Ceramic Surface Development workshop on Saturday.
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INSTRUCTOR
After mentoring thousands of students, Jared Janovec has found the most important gift he can provide is encouraging, developing, and promoting critical thinking and problem solving in the classroom. At the foundation of Jared’s personal ceramics practice is a deep curiosity and reverence for the natural world and human history. When not making work, he enjoys hiking, camping, gardening, foraging wild foods, making music, and coaching youth soccer. Jared earned his MFA from Indiana University and is an Associate Professor at UW-Whitewater.
