Building Complex Forms Using Templates On Demand

Building Complex Forms Using Templates

90-day, on demand rental: This workshop is for beginner to advanced levels and covers the fundamentals of coiling and pinching before introducing templates as a starting point for building complex forms. The demonstration will show how to make and use templates to bring shape to the base of the form, building and assembling components, making directional transitions, adding feet and a studio tour!

$60 / 90 days / Click for Info & Registration

Instructor: Giselle Hicks

Host: Kala Stein

This workshop was recorded on August 19, 2023 from Giselle Hick's studio (Helena, Montana, USA) and is focused on using a coil and pinch hand-building technique, starting with a handmade template, to build complex compound forms. Coil and pinch is a fundamental ceramic process, so this is a great class for beginners, intermediate and advanced makers alike.

Giselle begins with a concise overview of the fundamentals of coil building including rolling coils and pinching up a wall. The demonstration will introduce making and using templates to bring shape to the base of the form, building and assembling components, making directional transitions, adding feet and more!

This workshop is part of a series of virtual courses and includes Building Round Vessels and Building Zig Zag Vessels- both available on demand: https://kalastein.thinkific.com/

Once you register you will find the tool list, video, and other resources in your student dashboard. You will have access to the video for 90 days. Due to the digital nature of the content and contract agreements, we cannot offer refunds or extensions.

Instructor

Artist, Educator Giselle Hicks

Giselle was drawn to ceramics as a teenager and aspired to be a potter while studying ceramics at Syracuse University and eventually Alfred University in New York state. She's spent the past 22 years making objects in clay. She describes her creative identity to be centered in the studio and essential that her work and knowledge move out into the classroom, marketplace, and community in order to evolve and thrive. Recently settling in Helena, Montana, she continues to teach workshops and participate in gallery exhibitions, in addition to working with interior design firms and retail shops to place work in hotels, restaurants, and homes.