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Past Workshops
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THE ART OF THE CALCULATED COLLAPSE
and other “Mad Potter” Wheel Throwing Techniques
STEPHEN L. HORN
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| When: |
Monday, June 14th
Tuesday, June 15th
Thursday, Juen 17th |
| Time: |
6:00pm - 9:00pm |
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Xiem Clay Center
Click here for Direction and Hours
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| Description: |
In this 3-day, 9-hour, hands-on workshop, renowned ceramic artist, printmaker and educator Stephen L. Horn
will demonstrate and share with you his mastery of throwing, altering and assembling forms made on the potters wheel.
Topics will include:
- Ways to achieve maximum wall height
- Exploring the potential of intentional distortion
- Deconstruction and additive construction
This workshop is limited to 8 students and suited to those with Intermediate throwing ability.
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| Artist: |
STEPHEN L. HORN
Steve’s work has an anarchic and playful fluidity, but its apparent ease and spontaneity
are founded on skill, practice, curiosity and boundary-pushing in ceramics and other creative media.
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| Fee: |
Xiem Members: $100
Non-Members: $150
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| Reservation:
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Xiem Members: Registration Closed
Non-Members: Registration Closed
Please register online at the above link, in person or by phone (626-794-5833).
Booking for this workshop closes Thursday, June 10th.
All levels welcome.
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| What: |
COLORING THE SURFACE
with Alice Simpson |
| When: |
Saturday, February 27th, 2010 |
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2:00pm - 4:00pm |
| Where: |
Xiem Clay Center
Click here for Direction and Hours
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| Description: |
A demonstration workshop offering you ideas for creating a water-based surface suitable for bisque and high-fired sculpture, using Old Fashioned Milk Paint.
As an alternative to glazing, Milk Paint, made from milk protein, is gaining wide usage by artists, because its ingredients are natural and will not harm the environment.
Demonstrating on her newest work, “Cio-Cio San & Dolore” from Puccini’s Madame Butterfly from her Opera Series, Alice Simpson will share techniques she has developed.
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| Artist: |
ALICE SIMPSON
Alice Simpson has been making, exhibiting, curating and teaching art for more than forty years. After an award-winning career as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator, Simpson taught drawing, design and packaging at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) NY, The School of Visual Arts, (SVA) NY, and Otis-Parsons, LA.
Alice Simpson’s artist books and clay sculptures have been exhibited internationally, and are included in collections at The Victoria & Albert Museum, UK; Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts, NY; Harvard; Yale; Stanford and Dartmouth.
Alice Simpson was awarded residencies at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, ME, Otis College of Art & Design, CA, and four NY BOCES Grants for Artists in Education.
To view Alice's work, please visit: www.alicesimpson.com
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| Fee: |
FREE!
There is no charge for this workshop but prior registration is required.
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| Reservation:
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Members: Registration Closed
Non-Members: Registration Closed
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Photographing Your Ceramics |
| When: |
Sunday, October 4, 2009 - 10am to 2pm |
| Where: |
Xiem Clay Center
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| Artist: |
Ann Elliot Cutting - www.cutting.com
Ann Cutting is a professional photograper and Art Center instructor and a member of Xiem Studio.
She understands the challenges facing ceramic artists who often need professional quality images for juried shows, promotional materials and internet marketing.
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| Description: |
In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to photograph your ceramic pieces in a variety of lighting situations that are available to you at home or in your studio.
Ann will also cover composition, lighting techniques to accentuate shape and texture, editing and simple retouching as well as streamlining your photography for an
online store like Etsy.
You may also want to bring your own backdrops of fabric, paper, interesting surfaces, but there will be plenty in class too.
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| Requirement(s): |
Each student will need:
- a digital camera
- camera manual
- tripod
- your own ceramics to be photographed (up to 5 pieces)
- a packed lunch (there will be a 30 minute lunch break)
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| Fee: |
Xiem members - $100.00
non-members - $150.00
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| Limit: |
This workshop is strictly limited to 10 participants. Early booking is advised.
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| Reservation:
| Members: Registration Closed
Non-Members: Registration Closed
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| What: |
ARTIST TALK with Bari Ziperstein |
| When: |
Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 1pm |
| Where: |
The Armory Art Center
Los Angeles based artist and Xiem studio member, Bari Ziperstein presents an artist talk about her fantastical ceramic works currently
featured in the group exhibition "Drama of the Gifted Child: The Five Year Plan" at the
Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena. Geared towards Xiem members and the LA ceramics community, Ziperstein's artist talk will touch
on topics relating to economy of sculptural materials, history of ceramic sculpture in Los Angeles, and intentions behind her ceramic works.
This event is not to be missed - we anticipate some lively discussion!
All welcome. Please contact us to RSVP by 8/20/09
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| The Work: |
Ziperstein's process of re-assembling functional domestic objects - from found thrift store end table, hand made ceramic object,
to collected lamps reimagined as piñatas - aims to re-interpret the domestic setting by challenging the physical and psychological
perceptions of model domiciles and disorientating how its inhabitants are meant to interact within such spaces. However, by employing
the language and rhetoric of modernist architecture (industrial, monochromatic, economic use of materials, utilitarian) – the lavish
and coveted, if truly unattainable, interiors of home design magazines – she is able to create sculptures that at once waver between
the fantastically absurdist and the comfortably commonplace.
 
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| The Artist: |
Bari Ziperstein, who lives and works in Los Angeles, is a site-specific sculptor, photographer, collage, and ceramic artist who is
interested in activating space through intervention and organization. Her artistic practice is engaged with the architectural history of
Los Angeles and can be read as an investigation of how urban landscapes are defined by consumerism. Ziperstein holds her MFA from CalArts
and double majored at Ohio University to receive a BFA in painting and a Women’s Studies Degree. www.bariziperstein.com
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