2316 Legacy of Peter Oliver Workshop

2316 Legacy of Peter Oliver Workshop

Workshop - Ceramics | Available

114 W 30th Street Ste 200 Winston-Salem, NC 27105 United States

Sawtooth 2 - Ceramics at the Generations Ctr.

All Levels

6/14/2024 (one day)

6:00 PM-9:00 PM EDT on Fri

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$85.00

This workshop is to commemorate the legacy of the 18th century African American potter, Peter Oliver. Once an enslaved man, Peter Oliver worked under two Moravian master potters, Rudolph Christ and Gottfried Aust. After Peter Oliver mastered his skills in pottery, he was able to free himself from slavery later in life.
Through this workshop, each participant will learn to decorate a 7" plate in the Moravian style through slip trailing and under glaze painting. (Ages 18+) 

This workshop is in collaboration with Creative Corridors Coalition.

  • Each workshop participant will be provided with one 7" bisque fired plate and needed tools. A completed plate will be ready for pick up in two weeks after the workshop.
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.