Two-Day Ceramics Workshop: Hand Building Bowls with Mitch SegallPart One: Sunday November 17th from 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Part Two: Sunday November 24th from 10:30pm to 12:30pm
Entry Level Class—No experience necessary
Age 16+
Love making your own dressings and marinades but sick of chopping that sticky garlic and those finicky herbs? Grater bowls come equipped with a garlic grater, herb stripper, and a convenient spout. Local artist and pottery maverick, Mitch Segall, offers a unique opportunity to learn ceramic bowl crafting with some special tools built in that’ll make your time in the kitchen fun and easy.
During this two-part workshop, you’ll learn all about handbuilding and glazing stoneware. By the end of class, you’ll understand how to properly coil build with clay so that the resulting piece is structurally sound. You'll also learn how to imprint textures and add shapes to create something entirely unique.
When you return for the second date, you'll learn how to apply glaze to your bisque fired Dressing Bowl using a variety of glazing techniques.
What activities will you experience?
Wedging clay
Rolling clay into coils
Building coils into a bowl form
Smoothing and blending techniques
Scoring and slipping to attach pieces
Paddling technique
Drying techniques
Applying detail and color
About the Instructor:
Mitch Segall is a native Michigander, a proud MSU alum, and the founder of Central Ceramics Co. He has been working with clay for nearly 20 years and teaching for over 10 years. Mitch has apprenticed in a number of pottery studios and is the manager of Pewabic Pottery’s gallery shop. He loves exploring shape, texture, and color, and stretching those elements within the limitations of clay. Mitch’s current body of work reflects the aesthetics and inspirations discovered during his time living in Central America.
Event Venue
14500 Kercheval Ave, Detroit, MI, United States, Michigan 48215, 14500 Kercheval St, Detroit, MI 48215-2808, United States,Detroit, Michigan, Grosse Pointe Park
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