Animal Planters with Debbie Kupinsky

Concept

In this one-day workshop, create a piece on the wheel or in slab form and transform it into an animal planter. Learn how to manipulate clay in the wet state to shape features such as eyes, ears, tails, and other detail elements.

Experience

Demonstrations introduce carving techniques and underglaze decoration. Working from handouts, examples, and animal reference images, create a map of features and surface texture on practice forms. Come away with one animal planter and the ability to create many more!

Skill Level

All levels welcome.

Instructor

Debbie Kupinsky works primarily in porcelain with an emphasis on the natural world and every day objects. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (MT) twice, The Appalachian Center for Craft (TN), and the Arts/Industry Program at Kohler (WI). Debbie earned her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from Louisiana State University. She has years of experience teaching ceramics and sculpture in higher education and in the community setting. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes experimentation, play, and working in series. When not in the studio, Debbie enjoys gardening, running, and kayaking on the Fox River in Appleton.