Beginning Throwing
My beginning throwing classes focus on various techniques and approaches to centering clay on the wheel. You will learn how to throw the basic cylinders that are the beginnings of vases, cups, and pitchers. Bowls and other forms will also be covered in this introductory class.

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Esalen Institute
Releasing the Wildness Inside Us. Your Bold Brilliant Creative Self.
Friday, June 24th - Sunday, June 26th

If you have never had the nerve to explore your creative potential or if you are already an artist and want a fresh approach to working more freely and intuitively, this is the weekend workshop for you. You are invited on a journey of fearless discoveries. Everyone is welcome. The only pre requisites are your life experience and a willingness to play.

As we immerse ourselves in this weekend, you can release your inner wild child. Emphasis is on process rather than a finished product. We will play the game of chance to spark inspiration and imagination. Playing a series of creative games enabling us to let go of the outcome. Use paints, crayons, collage and fabric create your work of art. We can work on paper, cardboard, canvas or any other found object you choose to use.

Inspiration can come from several sources and of course, the incredible surroundings. This will become a ritual of manifestation and a path to your own inner wisdoms. Don’t limit yourself, this workshop touches upon a wide variety of disciplines, and will be a pleasantly surprising and informative experience on many levels for all.

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Sharon Virtue & Tiffany Schmierer
June 8 - July 8, 2012
Reception June 8, 6-9 PM

Tiffany Schmierer and Sharon Virtue are San Francisco-based ceramic artists, who both create intensely detailed sculpture inspired by a love of surface decoration. The exhibit’s title, Horror Vacui, is a term used to describe the fear of emptiness, and a love for profuse ornamentation.  Virtue’s busts and full-scale figurative work hint at African sculptural precedents, whereas Tiffany’s ceramic pieces blend geometric shapes with her interest in narrative subjects.

Pence Gallery 2012

Painting with Clay
Saturday June 23rd - Sunday 24th, 2012

My two great loves are paintings and ceramics. In the Painting with Clay workshop I will share with you my exciting discoveries in combining these two art forms. In this weekend workshop we will explore various ways of making marks, impressions, carving and painting with clay slip onto the surface of flat forms to create imaginative ceramic compositions. Using prepared bisque ware pieces, I will share my glazing techniques and we will discuss color combinations with an emphasis on low fire translucent gloss and opaque matte glazes.

This beautiful college set in the Sierra mountains is a treat for a summer workshop, come celebrate the middle of summer with me enjoying a fun ceramic workshop.
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July 14th - July 15th, 2012
10 am to 5 pm - Admission Free!

The prestigious and popular 20th Annual Palo Alto Clay & Glass Festival hosts a fabulous, free, fun-filled 2-day celebration of Clay and Glass Art, July 14-15, 2012.

New Location! RINCONADA Park, 777 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto 
(across Newell Rd from Palo Alto Art Center)

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