Workshops and Demonstrations
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Description: Workshops are designed for Austin to share and teach his ceramics expertise to ceramic makers of all levels and backgrounds. Workshops can last anywhere from one day to one week.
Common Workshop topics:
Furniture: How to build ceramic furniture, proper interior support, chairs, stools, tables, and side tables, shrink slabs, drying and firing techniques.
How to build on a larger scale: Building Interior structures, clay body choice, building methods, drying large sculptures, kiln loading, kiln firing.
Hand-building vessels: Proper slab, coil, and pinch building methods through the process of vessel making, combining hand-built objects to form complex forms
How to ship and crate work: Proper shipping methods for pots and sculptures, double-box shipping, proper packing and materials. building wooden crates, shipping large work.
Extruder basics: How to use an extruder, making an extruder die plate, building pots and sculptures with extruded parts, production via extrude parts, speed cleaning an extruder.
Austin will provide:
Workshop outlines
Tools, clay, and material list
Slide lecture talk
Projected learned skills and techniques
Rate: Rates vary based on type, duration, and location of workshops.
*Workshops cost include Austin’s day rate plus travel and board accommodations.
*Workshop price to be agreed upon during the confirmation of the workshop.
Workshop request/information
Workshop and Demonstration history
2024
Workshop - Take a Seat (5 day), Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA
Workshop - Fabrication de Meuble (3 day), Keramik Jensen, Paris, France
Workshop - Ceramic Furniture (3 day), Sculpture Space NYC. New York, NY
Workshop - Chair Building (3 day), American Museum of Ceramic Arts, Pamona, CA
Workshop - Inviting Creativity through Clay (2 day), Green & Bisque Clayhouse, Pasadena, CA
Demonstration - Visiting Artist, Ceramic Furniture (2 days) Helen DeVitt Jones Clay Studio at LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Demonstration - Artist Amplified, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, MT
Workshop - Furniture Building (1 day), UMU Studios, Pamona, CA
2023
Workshop - Hand-building at home, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Workshop - Adventures in Hand-building, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Workshop - Pinching to Perfection, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
Workshop - Throw it bigger, The Clay Studio of Missoula, MT
2022
Workshop - Pinching Pots, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Workshop - Pinching Makes Perfect, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC
2021
NCECA Demonstrator - Pinch Pots, 2021 Digital NCECA Cincinnati, OH
NCECA Lecture - Artist Talk, 2021 Digital NCECA Cincinnati, OH
Workshop - Professional Pinch Pots, Clay Studio Missoula, Missoula, MT
Workshop - Extruding Basics, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Workshop - Building with Supports and Armatures, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2020
Lecture - Instagram for Artist, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Lecture - Resident Artist Talk, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Demonstration - Clay Crits, Digital Platform
2019
Lecture - Resident Artist Talk, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Demonstrating Artist - Sheldon Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE