Instructor: Hannah Niswonger
Monday - Friday
June 24 - 28
9am - 1pm
5 sessions
Open studio: Mon - Thurs, 1 - 4pm

This 5-day workshop will focus on hand-building techniques for building complex animal forms, including free-standing, four-legged creatures. We’ll try various methods of hand-building, determined by the goals of each student. Hannah will demonstrate slab-building large animals using external and internal support systems, among other strategies. In addition to the hand-building techniques covered, the workshop will investigate surface decoration. We’ll explore how patterns can be added using printed or stenciled slabs, incising and inlaying color, paper transfer printing and more. 

Please note: these dates are correct and NOT the dates in the printed catalog.

Hannah Niswonger holds an MFA in ceramic sculpture from Alfred University and a BA from Wesleyan University. Her work builds on a lifelong love of pattern and image, incorporating painting and printmaking into ceramics. She exhibits nationally in galleries and juried craft shows, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art Show, Smithsonian Craft Show and CraftBoston, where she received the Award of Distinction. She is a co-founder of Pots On Wheels, POW! a collaborative, mobile education project.