Aviary Adobe Architecture

Tuesday - Friday
May 29 - June 1   10 am – 4 pm

Medium: ceramics
Level: II & III
Instructor: Barry Gregg
Tuition: $320 member/$355 non-member

This intermediate level hand building clay workshop will expand on previously taught workshops (bird, birdhouse, shrine, and totem construction). Participants will learn the expressive potential of pinch, coil, slab construction, principles and elements, surface design and techniques for increasing work in size and scale and adding expression. Also, the use of found objects and objects found in nature will add a mixed media component. Topics will include “Finding Your Inspiration” through nature and memory to create and personalize your work. Attendees should be prepared to construct 10-12 pieces to take home during the course of the workshop.

Barry Gregg has formal training as a painter and illustrator from Newberry College and used those skills through a 20-year career as a graphic designer until, in the mid-nineties, he discovered clay. Hand building and throwing three-dimensional art forms gave Gregg the opportunity for self expression with limitless possibilities for creating his own voice. Drawing on experiences he gathered as a child and brought into adulthood, he creates works with subjects relating to fantasy, spirituality, magic and the unknown. Gregg strives to combine various skills to create forms that speak to him and eventually to the viewer.

Supply List: Rolling pin, Large Wooden Paddle, Ruler, Plastic Straws, Potter's Rib, Needle Tool, Wood Modeling Tool, Sponge, Steel Scraper, Wire Clay Cutter, Wood Dowels (various sizes), Assorted Brushes, Wooden Skewers, Plastic Cups, Your Imagination.
Optional (instructor will supply limited amount for class use): Texture Paddles, Texture Pads, Texture Stamps, Letter Stamps, Rolling Pin Texture Tool, Wood Dowels, Shells (for texture), Carving Tools, clay and/or Plaster Molds.