Ceramic Plates, Platters, and Trays with Jared Janovec

Concept

In the rich history of ceramics, plate, platter, and tray forms have served as a few of the most commonly used, day-to-day utilitarian ceramic vessel forms. Such forms off the maker the unique opportunity to embellish the broader and easier-to-access surface areas with endless decorative characteristics, including texture, color, pattern, and more!

Experience

Demonstrations, presentations, and hands-on practice address materials, tools, and techniques related to the potter's wheel, hand building, and simple molds/armatures to develop plate, platter, and tray forms in clay. Additional techniques in developing textural and color enhancements using various tools and underglazes are also shared and encouraged in one or more finished ceramic plate, platter, or tray. Learn and explore with Jared as your guide.

Skill Level

Designed for the beginning level ceramics student and also welcome to those who are of intermediate or greater experience.

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.