Creating a Dynamic Surface: Newsprint Transfers with Amanda Bury — Apr 19 - 20

Dates: April 19, 2025 → April 20, 2025
Times: 10-4, with 1 hour lunch break
Level: All levels

Workshop Description:
Explore how the natural world provides a rich playground for image creation and use the dynamic shapes of pottery as your canvas. This workshop will focus on learning the newsprint transfer technique from the creation of the image to transfer to the clay surface using a simple slab-built form, but the technique can be applied to any handbuilt or thrown leather hard surface. In addition, there will be demonstrations and discussions on how to arrange a composition across the form, the use of colored slips as a backdrop, and sgraffito and/or stamping. You will depart with your nature nature-inspired drawings/transfers you make during the course, as well as the skills to continue to create your own custom newsprint transfers.

About the Instructor:


Required Materials:
- clay
- colored slip, redart, squeeze bottles w/ small tips, newsprint paper (30#), BIC pens- blue or black, slump or hump molds (either all the same for # of students or large selection for students to choose from) - could also alter this to slab built tumbler and could provide templet for form- mostly focused on surface technique with form just a practice/testing ground.

Optional Materials:
- Locals could bring extra leather hard work ready for surface to transfer onto with any extra time.