Martha Grover Workshop
SKU:
Grover WS
$385.00
$385.00
per item
Martha Grover: Four Day, Hands-on Workshop
Monday, July 17 -- Thursday, July 20
10am – 5 pm Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
10am – 4 pm Thursday
Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms. In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities. Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets. Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application. Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.
Martha Grover is a functional potter, living in Bethel Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She attended Bennington College, where she received her undergraduate degree in Architecture. After a fifth year in ceramics at Syracuse University, Martha went on to receive her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
After graduate school, she was awarded multiple residencies and fellowships including the Fogelberg Fellowship at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Sage Scholarship and Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation, and a yearlong residency at Red Lodge Clay Center. Her work can be found at many galleries across the country. Her work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Pottery Making Illustrated, 500 Pitchers, 500 Platters and Chargers, and 500 Vases. It was the cover feature of Ceramic Monthly’s May 2010 issue.
Tools & Supplies: Students should bring standard clay tools. Bring a lunch, or plan on lunch nearby. Participants are welcome to work in the studio in the evenings.
Optional purchase at Claymakers:
$30 for 25 lbs. of stoneware clay or $35 for 25 lbs. of porcelain and firing at Claymakers
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WORKSHOPS - STUDENT CANCELLATION, WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY: If you withdraw from a workshop two weeks prior to the first day, tuition will be refunded except for a $25 non-refundable registration fee. No refunds will be made after this date. No refunds or credits will be given for missed classes.
CANCELLATIONS: We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule workshops to adjust for enrollment. If a workshop is cancelled, you will be offered the option of a full refund.
ACCEPTANCE: You must be at least 18 years old to participate in our classes and workshops, or have permission to attend in advance of registration (unless the class or workshop is specified for younger people). When we receive your registration, you will receive email confirmation. If a class is full, you may contact Claymakers to be placed on a waiting list
Monday, July 17 -- Thursday, July 20
10am – 5 pm Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday
10am – 4 pm Thursday
Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms. In this hands-on workshop, Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities. Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets. Crack repair and mending techniques will be addressed, as well as the use of a spray gun for glaze application. Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.
Martha Grover is a functional potter, living in Bethel Maine, creating thrown and altered porcelain pieces. She attended Bennington College, where she received her undergraduate degree in Architecture. After a fifth year in ceramics at Syracuse University, Martha went on to receive her MFA in ceramics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
After graduate school, she was awarded multiple residencies and fellowships including the Fogelberg Fellowship at the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, Sage Scholarship and Taunt Fellowship at the Archie Bray Foundation, and a yearlong residency at Red Lodge Clay Center. Her work can be found at many galleries across the country. Her work has been published in Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Pottery Making Illustrated, 500 Pitchers, 500 Platters and Chargers, and 500 Vases. It was the cover feature of Ceramic Monthly’s May 2010 issue.
Tools & Supplies: Students should bring standard clay tools. Bring a lunch, or plan on lunch nearby. Participants are welcome to work in the studio in the evenings.
Optional purchase at Claymakers:
$30 for 25 lbs. of stoneware clay or $35 for 25 lbs. of porcelain and firing at Claymakers
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WORKSHOPS - STUDENT CANCELLATION, WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY: If you withdraw from a workshop two weeks prior to the first day, tuition will be refunded except for a $25 non-refundable registration fee. No refunds will be made after this date. No refunds or credits will be given for missed classes.
CANCELLATIONS: We reserve the right to cancel or reschedule workshops to adjust for enrollment. If a workshop is cancelled, you will be offered the option of a full refund.
ACCEPTANCE: You must be at least 18 years old to participate in our classes and workshops, or have permission to attend in advance of registration (unless the class or workshop is specified for younger people). When we receive your registration, you will receive email confirmation. If a class is full, you may contact Claymakers to be placed on a waiting list
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