Whether your goal is to make sets of utilitarian ware or components for sculpture or installation, you will learn to harness the power of the multiple through mold-making and slip-casting. Beginning with forms that students have made or found, we will make plaster molds which we will cast in porcelain. We will experiment with methods of utilizing the mold itself in the application of surface design, and discuss casting other materials such as paper and plaster.Every participant will complete at least one working mold which they can continue to use when they return home. Students will leave with the skills to continue to make molds as well as use them.The workshop will also include an exploration of ways to remain mindful of the body in your studio practice, and how this consciousness can impact your focus and ability to solve problems.
Rachel Garceau is a studio artist living and working in the Atlanta, GA area, and has been recognized as a 2015 Emerging Artist by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts and one of 2017’s Women to Watch by the Georgia Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Rachel received a BA in Fine Arts from Franklin Pierce College (NH) in 2003, and completed the two-year Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft (NC) in 2013. She has received residencies at Vendsyssel Kuntsmuseum (DK), Arrowmont (TN), Haystack (ME), All Is Leaf (MA), and the Hambidge Center (GA). Her work has been shown nationally and has been published in Studio Potter, Ceramics Monthly, and NCECA Journal, and also appears in CAST: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process.
Tuition Includes:
6 hours of class instruction M-T; ½ day Friday
12 meals (5 breakfasts, 4 lunches; 3 dinners)
Welcome dinner in private Serenbe home (Sunday)
Access to the classroom after dinner
Restorative Yoga Class
Guided Labyrinth MeditationNature Walk/Sound Bath
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