Join Chastain Arts Center and Gallery for a two-day workshop, “Handbuilding Functional & Sculptural Ceramic with Slabs”, featuring Grace Tessein & Dennis Ritter.
Tessein and Ritter will share their approaches to slab building using soft and leather hard slabs to construct functional and representational sculptural forms using mid-range iron rich clays.
Participants will be introduced to various slab building techniques, drop and hump molds, and methods for developing surfaces using slips and underglazes.
Guest will also discuss the use of the clay extruder as a tool for creating components for functional forms and for sculptural embellishments.
This two-day workshop will be hosted Friday, June 14 from 10 AM – 5 PM and Saturday, June 15 from 10 AM – 2 PM.
The registration fee is $85. All Levels Welcome! For more information or to sign up, call 404-252-2927.