Instructors 2011

Course number:
01 Pietro Maddalena
17 Richard Phethean
18 Robbie Lobell
24 Susan Nemeth
25 Pietro Maddalena
27 Luca Tripaldi
27a Virginia Pates
28 T.Toland & B.C.Stichter
29 Pietro Maddalena
30 Luca Tripaldi
31 D.Polseno &      R.Hensley
33 P.Maddalena &             O.Mengucci
34 Ruthanne Tudball
36 Luca Tripaldi
37 Lorri Acott-Fowler
38 Pietro Maddalena
38A Pietro Maddalena
40 Melissa Farquhar
41 Carolyn Genders

38 Luxuriating in Form and Surface
Gay Smith 
September 18^th - October 1^st,  2011
Throwing and soda firing. For all

In this workshop, we gather in gorgeous Tuscany to explore form and surface, slips and glazes responsive to the enhancing effects of firing in a soda kiln. Particular emphasis will be on the development of each individual’s personal skills and aesthetic by paying enjoyable attention to our responses to our luscious surroundings. We will work with the exciting and easily utilized possibilities offered by altering the forms and surfaces of freshly thrown pots. Discussions will cover whatever is of interest, and include aesthetics, firing a soda kiln, raw glazing, and single firing.

Cost 1.700  It includes welcome dinner, lunches, lodging, tuition, materials, firings and side trips

Gay Smith fires porcelain ware in her soda kiln near Penland. Her work is exhibited internationally. Artist -in-residencies include Archie Bray Foundation and Penland. She’s taught at Penland, Haystack, Harvard, and abroad. Collections include the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC and Taiwan’s Yingge Museum. Grant awards include a NC Arts Council Visual Artist Fellowship and a Regional Artist Project Grant.
www.gertrudegrahamsmith.com