Demonstration workshop with Po Wen Liu

Demonstration workshop with Po Wen Liu

Workshop - Ceramics | This class is completed

251 N Spruce St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 United States

Handbuilding - Ceramics

all levels

9/20/2019-10/2/2020

6:00 PM-8:30 PM EDT on Fri Sat

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$100.00

$90.00

Brewing a cup of flavorful tea requires a set of well made tea utensils; teapot, pouring cup, and tea cup. This workshop will focus on making a functional tea pot on the potters wheel as well as making pouring pots and tea cups. Various styles of making lids and spouts, along with surface decoration techniques will be discussed during the workshop.
workshop schedule: Friday night, 6:00 - 8:30 pm and Saturday, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm.

Liu, Po Wen

Po Wen is the Director of Ceramics at Sawtooth. He studied ceramic engineering in Taiwan and received his BFA degree in ceramics and ceramics sculpture from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and MFA degree in ceramics from Northern Illinois University.

Po Wen is the manuscript consultant for 2002 Newbery Medal awarded book, A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park, regarding making celadon. A Place of Reflection, by Dr. Elizabeth Perril, an article about Po Wen and his works was featured in Ceramics Monthly.

Po Wen served as the director of The Pottery Workshop Jingdezhen, and executive director of Jingdezhen International Studio from 2015 to 2018 where he oversaw international residency program and facilitated international ceramics events, serving the international ceramics community in China and abroad.

Po Wen has also taught ceramic courses and workshops nationally and internationally including University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sawtooth School for the Visual Art, Leksands folkhögskola, Leksand, Sweden and the School of Design and Arts, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.