Meg Beaudoin will be teaching a variety of unique texturing techniques appropriate for multiple firing methods including gas, soda, and wood. This workshop focuses on texturing methods that begin with clay that has been enhanced with inclusions. The course takes a materials-based approach and explores various hand-building techniques that create texture and reveal the character of the material. The full workshop typically includes Kurinuki techniques (hollowing out vessels made from sculpted, solid blocks of clay), coiling techniques, slab techniques, and scraping techniques. How many of these techniques will be able to be covered in the two-day workshop will depend on the students’ interests and capabilities. This workshop does not include firing.

More about the artist and her work can be found on her website https://www.megbeaudoinceramics.com/