Instructor: Jeff Shapiro
Monday - Friday
July 29 - Aug 2
9:00am - 1:00pm
5 sessions
Open studio: Mon - Thurs, 1-4 pm

This class will work to explore a number of techniques:slab construction, working recycled clay, throwing and altering, and solid clay forming processes. Participants will learn how to be self-critical in a positive way to get to the next level of ability, whatever level that is. One can always be challenged. We will discuss creative thinking and approaches to working with clay as a material that has very few limitations.

Jeff Shapiro was born in the Bronx, NY in 1949. He presently works and lives in upstate NY with his wife Hinako.  He studied ceramic arts while living in Japan for 9 years from 1973-1981. His work has been exhibited internationally in Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, England, and Japan. His work can be found in numerous museum collections including The Carlo Zauli Museum, Faenza, Italy, The Massachusetts Museum of Fine Art in Boston, The Brooklyn Museum, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, The Fuller Museum in Brockton, MA. He has given workshops and seminars in many countries around the world, and has built 2 wood fire kilns in Italy.