Looking to History to Shape Contemporary Ceramics
Visiting Artist-Ceramics | Available
In this workshop, we will look to history to shape contemporary forms in clay. We will work with several hand building techniques that include coil and pinch method, hard/soft slab construction and templates. Demonstrations will cover spouts, lids and darting. Students will have the opportunity to take basic forms and build with their imagination.
- Registration will close one month prior to the start of class.
- A material fee of $35 will be added at check out.
- Enrollment is open to participants aged 18 +
Candice Methe
Originally from Falmouth, MA., Candice Methe is a studio artist and educator. She has been working in clay for twenty-five years and most recently moved to the Coast of Maine. She received her BFA in Ceramics and Art History from Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. and her MFA from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Inspired by historical objects and traditional ways of making, she has traveled to Japan, Ghana, Nicaragua, Mexico among other places to study the traditional practices of artisans working in clay. In pursuit of her artistic, peripatetic practice she has done residencies long-term and short-term at Santa Fe Clay, Red Lodge Clay Center, the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts and Roswell Artist in Residence Foundation. When not in the studio, she is usually on an adventure somewhere