WORKSHOPS

Upcoming WOrkshops

RAKU AND STONEWARE Glazing with Mayco Colors!

STONEWARE GLAZING
Saturday, November 2
10am - 1pm

@ Belger Crane Yard Studios, 2011 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, MO

Led by Mayco Colors representative, Todd Hickerson, we will explore the different uses of Mayco’s Stoneware glaze line. Each participant will receive bisqueware and glazes to practice application techniques that will enhance your creative pursuits. With Todd’s guidance, you’ll become more comfortable with a couple of Mayco products that are ready to use right out of the bottle.
$25 per person includes bisqueware, glazing and firing.

 

RAKU FIRING WORKSHOP
Saturday, November 2
2pm - 6pm

@ Belger Crane Yard Studios, 2011 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, MO

This is a limited engagement!
Led by Mayco Colors representative, Todd Hickerson, we will use Mayco Raku glazes to decorate a piece you brought with you or a piece of bisqueware from the Mayco line. Then, in front of your eyes, the pieces will be fired and you’ll have a chance to participate in the full Raku process! Non-flammable clothing (no polyester!) and closed-toes shoes are required.
$50 per person includes glazing and firing.

 

Late April 2020

Thrown and Assembled: The Art of Porcelain
with Shawn Spangler

@ Belger Crane Yard Studios, 2011 Tracy Ave, Kansas City, MO

This weekend has two sections to it.

During the first day, Shawn will demonstrate the techniques he uses to create the component parts that he assembles into his elaborate pottery forms. The second day will be a hands-on portion that will allow participants to try the techniques for themselves.

Saturday: Demonstration
Shawn will spend the day demonstrating his techniques for making pieces that will be assembled into larger, beautiful pots. Anyone who has a thing for “measuring twice, cutting once” is going to LOVE this workshop. For those who enjoy the world of the precise and the handmade, come and meet your people.

Sunday: Hands-On
Now it’s your turn to make parts and assemble them into amazing pots! Don’t forget your heat gun and calibers. This is sure to be a perfect way to step up your game with one of the best at your side giving you pointers.

About the Artist:
Shawn Spangler, a Pennsylvanian native, is a ceramic artist currently living and working in Hawaii. Spangler's work, draws inspiration from craft, industrial design and digital technology. Spangler holds an Masters of Fine Arts degree from Alfred University and recently finished a residency at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA. He has shown internationally and has taught workshops at numerous art centers, colleges and universities throughout the United States. Spangler is currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Hawai'i. His wheel thrown porcelain forms can be complex, yet clearly articulated, oftentimes created through the combination of multiple parts. The forms are reminiscent of both Koryo dynasty and Song dynasty, examples he observed as a resident artist in China in 2002. He states, ”My work is an amalgamated map of the world I reflect upon. Producing pottery is a kind of play; a regenerative act ripe with reverence, revealing the human hands enduring connection to creativity. It guides us through stories of our past remaining as a cultural signifier to help us locate where we once were and where we are going."

 

Past Workshops

2010
Ron Hicks

2011
Deb Schwartzkoph
Kevin Snipes
Richard Notkin

2012
Sandi Pierantozzi
Ilona Romule

2013
Andy Brayman and Alleghany Meadows
Vincent and Monique Buffile
Jessica Bandl
Emily Duke
Shae Bishop
Jo Kamm
Keira Norton
Tommy Frank
Chandra DeBuse
Meredith Host
Ben Carter and Chris Pickett

2014
Kathy King
Erica Iman
Jana Evans
Jamie Bates Slone
Misty Gamble
Lea Griggs

2015
Lauren Mabry
Nick Joerling
Catie Miller
Linda Arbuckle
Studio Nong

2016
NCECA Pre-Conference with Christ Gustin, John Balistreri and Matt Long
Mayco Colors
Dan Anderson

2017
Richard Notkin
Patricia Sannit
Gail Kendall

2018
Jason Bige Burnett
Sunshine Cobb
Bede Clarke

2019
Sarah Pike
Veronica Watkins