Description
Over the course of three days, participants will create their own ceramic spiritual animal in the tradition of Mexican Alebrijes, with guidance from artist Veronica Arquilevich Guzman. The workshop will begin with using pinch pot techniques to mold your animal, which can be a single creature the participant feels called to, or even a creative combination of multiple animals. This process includes shaping heads, wings, tails, and other individual parts that will be left to dry overnight. The next day, participants will assemble the various parts, attaching tails, wings, feet, and ears to the main body. By the last day you will be adding texture through carving or wet clay and apply colorful underglaze to enhance the design. The piece will then be left to dry slowly before firing at the Sitka Center.
About the Instructor
Veronica Arquilevich Guzman is a Mexican artist who lived in India, Vietnam and China before settling in Portland, Oregon. She creates one of a kind ceramic pieces in her home studio inspired by her heritage, travels and natural surroundings, incorporating the thematics of magical realism, mixing fantastical art and the transfiguration of the dream that integrates the paths of the unreal and the real.
Learn More
www.mayaceramicsandpaintings.com
Materials List
You will need to bring:
Pottery Tool Kit – set of 9 (available at Georgies)
Water container
Large plastic bags – dry cleaning bags or trash bags work well
Brushes to apply underglaze, Economy Bamboo Brushes medium size, available at Georgies, work well
Provided by instructors:
Low fire red clay
Underglazes in red, blue, green and yellow