ONSITE: Design + Hand Build a Tableware Set

Design and construct a full set of hand-built tableware to adorn your dining table and wow all of your dinner guests. Make a complete set with drinking tumblers, soup bowls, salad + dinner plates, and serving platters. By using a variety of hand-building processes, including slab and coil building, you will learn how to make multiples of an item, how to edit a collection of work and how to envision and create a unifying design for all the pieces in your set of serviceware.

Special Notes

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  Students should have prior experience with hand-building techniques. Prior to the first class, the instructor will send a list of recommended tools to bring.
  You will receive 25 pounds of clay; additional clay is available for purchase. 
  
  This instructor speaks Spanish, but the class is held in English.
  Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
  This is an On-site course. Students must follow current Covid-19 protocols, as outlined on our website. On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.

About the Instructor

Claudia Meyer

Claudia is an artist and object-maker living and working in Richmond, VA primarily working in clay and paper media. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media in 2020. Her handbuilt works in clay, although they are made of hardened earth, feel soft to the touch. Their colors are as jovial and earthly as bursting laughter. These objects emit energy through their whimsical forms and patterns. She learns from the way that the moon and the trees wave to each other and the deep knowledge rooted in the earth and our bodies.

Through her teaching, she aims to democratize the classroom space, leveling the student/teacher relationship to one of reciprocity rather than authority. Her students learn just as much from the world around them as they do from each other. In her classroom, Claudia exists as a guide for her creative students' journeys and she endeavors to teach her students limitlessness in their creative pursuits.

Instagram: @ paloma.claudi

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