Class description:
We are so excited to have Sarah Anderson visit our studio for a half-day scraffito workshop. While this class is open to anyone, we think you'll get the most out of this if you've had a little clay experience.
In this class, we will deep dive into scraffito as a surface decoration technique led by Sarah Anderson, a potter known for her instantly recognizable scraffitoed forms.
Materials Provided:
- pocelain clay tiles
- carving tools
- underglaze
- snacks
*you are welcome to bring an additional leatherhard piece you've created to practice on. Leatherhard mug forms can also be purchased in advance for $10 each (we need a 3-day heads up).
Schedule for the Day:
12 - 1 p.m. - Intro & Clay Prep
Intro to design principles, tips on prepping clay for scraffito, interactive practice painting backgrounds.
1 - 2 p.m. - Lesson: Surface decoration techniques
Learn how Sarah designs characters and participate in an interactive demo. We'll discuss elements like texture, shapes, underglaze vs. slip and how to use negative vs. positive space in your design.
2 - 4 p.m. - Hands-on practice
We'll transfer images to our pieces, and practice carving. Sarah will give you one-on-one pointers and discuss applying secondary colors for more depth in your design.
About Our Visiting Artist
Sarah Anderson is an award-winning ceramic artist whose recognizable style features bright, exaggerated illustrated characters.
Sarah graduated from Ball State University with a major in sculpture, and is the former ceramics department chair at the Indianapolis Art Center. She has been featured in publications like Ceramics Monthly, Indianapolis Monthly. Her work has been featured in galleries across the United States, and she has been hosted by Pocosin Arts, the Ceramic School, and Ceramicon. She was recently awarded "Best Teapot" in the Strictly Functional Pottery National at the Lancaster, PA Museum. Most recently, she has worked with nationally-recognizable brands like Diamond Core Tools, AMACO and was a demonstrating artist during NCECA.
She also has a delightful Instagram presence where she provides tutorials we are absolutely obsessed with.
Who can participate: While we're big kids at heart, Half Moon isn't quite set up for kids' classes quite yet. We're hoping to have some kid-friendly offerings later this year. For safety reasons, our classes are currently open to artists age 15 and older.
Sarah Anderson Scraffito Workshop | May 18
Your spot in class is a space we block off just for you! Our small class sizes allow for more one-on-one instruction, but that also means cancellations make a big impact. In our series classes, we allow cancellations until a week before class. Any cancellations made 6 - 3 days before the first class will only qualify for a 50% refund, unless we're able to re-book your spot. Cancellations made later than 2 days before class will unfortunately be ineligible for a refund.
You are responsible to decide whether this class fits into your schedule - we are unable to give pro-rated refunds if you can't make it to every session.
