Bonsai: Planters, Potting, and Shaping
Bonsai: Planters, Potting, and Shaping
Sunday, October 26, 10:30AM-5:30PM (with one hour for lunch) and Sunday, November 9, 1:00PM-4:00PM
In this exciting two-part collaborative intensive we will explore making bonsai planters through slab construction (we will have templates available for those who wish to use them) and through carving with artist Stephen Homer. After they are fired you’ll return for an immersive bonsai workshop with Eliot Myers of Blackroot Farms where you will pot up, prune, and shape your very own bonsai in one of your new creations.
This intensive is open to people of all skill levels, no experience with ceramics or bonsai required!
Skill Level: One (Beginner)
Requirements: None, no experience required
Dates: Sunday, October 26, 10:30AM-5:30PM (with an hour for lunch) and Sunday, November 9, 1:00PM-4:00PM
In this exciting two-part collaborative intensive we will explore making bonsai planters through both slab construction (we will have templates available for those who wish to use them) and carving with artist Stephen Homer. After they are fired you’ll return for an immersive bonsai workshop with Eliot Myers of Blackroot Farms where you will pot up, prune, and shape your very own bonsai in one of your new creations!
Participants will have the option to select various glaze finishes to be applied by staff or can choose to come back to the studio after their initial firing to apply glaze themselves.
Session One:
What makes a good bonsai planter
Slab construction of a planter
Carving and hollowing out a planter from a block of clay
Decoration options
Session Two:
Potting and wiring bonsai
Pruning and shaping
Care of your bonsai
Included with class:
All materials for creating your ceramic bonsai planters
Firings of works
Bonsai starter, soil, and other materials/tools for your bonsai
You will need to bring:
Nothing!
(We recommend wearing or bringing clothes you don’t mind getting dirty)
