Volumetric Image Transfer and Tile

Past Event

Volumetric Image Transfer and Tile

18+

Instructor: Forrest Lesch Middelton

Uncover your artistic voice through tiles and wheel-thrown forms. With Forrest’s guidance, explore image transfer, silk screens, embossments, and reduction cooling to create richly decorative, functional wares with fresh surface approaches.

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Overview

A strong artistic voice defines an artist and gives their work lasting impact, allowing ideas to speak through objects. In this workshop, you’ll engage in focused exercises designed to uncover new concepts and strengthen your creative direction.

Working with imagery, form, and surface, you’ll integrate tile and wheel-throwing techniques with image transfer to create functional, decorative wares rich with meaning. Along the way, you’ll develop silk screens, create embossments for molds and stamps, and gain insight into Forrest’s reduction cooling process, which lends a sense of history to his work. Starting with tiles and progressing to wheel-thrown forms, Forrest will guide you through his process while encouraging your own exploration. You’ll leave this intensive workshop with bisqued pieces and fresh approaches to surface, content, and decoration.

Additional Information

Forrest Lesch-Middelton began working with clay at the age of 14; he is a potter, tile maker, and educator. Forrest received a Master of Fine Arts from Utah State University in 2006, and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Alfred University in 1998. He runs FLM Ceramics and Tile and co-owns Petaluma Pottery, a teaching and membership studio in his hometown of Petaluma, CA. Forrest makes tile and dinnerware for private homes, restaurants, hotels, and businesses throughout the world.

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50 lbs Carmel Aardvark clay, screen printing screen, firings, and consumable supplies including slip, emulsion, tape, wall paper paste and AMACO underglaze.

The program will begin Sunday morning, with a brief orientation at 8:30 am. Workshops will start at 9 am.

Sunday night will feature a program mixer, where you will have an opportunity to meet with your classmates outside of the studio, as well as meet other students in our adult programs for the week.

Monday nights feature an opening reception at the Parks Exhibition Gallery, featuring work from our very own summer faculty!

Daily instruction occurs from 9am-12 pm, with a break for lunch in the campus dining hall (included in tuition), and followed with more instruction from 1pm-4 pm.

Artist Talks will be held in the evenings on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. This is a wonderful opportunity to listen to our Metals J.A.M. and H.O.T. Clay instructors speak on their art.

On Saturday morning at 10 am, join your fellow workshop participants for an exciting kiln unveiling and celebration!

Generous donors have made scholarships and fellowships for adult workshops available on a limited basis for these specific groups:

1) Native American Community Members, Leaders, Artists, and Teachers

For adults 18 and older with current tribal affiliation, the scholarship brings community leaders, artists, members, and teachers to workshops at ��ֱ�� to benefit both the scholarship recipients and those in their schools or tribal communities. Applicants with financial needs may receive priority. We also offer scholarships for Native American Teens for both the ��ֱ�� Program and the Academy.

2) Inland Empire Teachers, Professors, and Graduate Students

For adults 18 and older who are current teachers in lower and higher education who will benefit from learning about Native American Arts and Culture to take back into the classroom as well as currently enrolled Graduate students. The scholarship is designed to provide professional development for those in education to share with their learning communities.

Scholarships include tuition, dorm housing, and all meals provided by the campus dining service. Transportation to and from campus is not provided, and the $50 registration fee is not included.

Click for more information about adult scholarships.