CASD Workshops

Workshop with Ben Carter: Altered Forms and Expressive Slipwear Surface

Workshop with Ben Carter: Altered Forms and Expressive Slipwear Surface

February 29-March 1, 2020

This workshop focuses on integrating surface design with altered wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery. Workshop participants will learn a variety of surface-design methods including slip decorating, ...

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Demonstration and Talk with Visiting Ceramic Artist Shumpei Yamaki

Demonstration and Talk with Visiting Ceramic Artist Shumpei Yamaki

Friday, October 25, 2019

Shumpei Yamaki is a potter who lives in Iowa. He received his MFA from the University of Iowa in Iowa City and apprenticed with Richard ...

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Pottery Bootcamp 2019

Pottery Bootcamp 2019

August 3-5, 2019

Join us for a 3 day hands on workshop with San Diego potters, Sam Lopez, Allen Reed, Hasuyo Miller, and Bob Farmer. This workshop is ...

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Surface Decoration Workshop with Rachel Donner

Surface Decoration Workshop with Rachel Donner

July 28th, 2019

Learn new ways of decorating pottery with Rachel Donner. She will demonstrate her decoration techniques using underglaze, inlay, paper stencils, water etching, and sgraffito in ...

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Sketch and Stretch Handbuilding Workshop with Chandra DeBuse

Sketch and Stretch Handbuilding Workshop with Chandra DeBuse

March 16-17, 2019

Learn new ways of designing, building and illustrating functional pottery with Chandra DeBuse. Chandra will share how she uses paper, craft foam, wood and bisqued ...

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Akira Satake Workshop: Finding the Beauty in Imperfection

Akira Satake Workshop: Finding the Beauty in Imperfection

January 8-10, 2019

Akira Satake will lead a hands-on workshop involving both the hand building and throwing techniques he uses to make his tea ceremony bowls, yunomi, teapots, ...

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Giselle Hicks Workshop: Pinched

Giselle Hicks Workshop: Pinched

Oct. 27-28, 2018

Join us for a two-day demonstration with Giselle Hicks as she shares her clay process for making elegant pinch pots. Giselle takes a direct fresh ...

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Free Workshop with Jeff Rottman: GR Pottery Forms

Free Workshop with Jeff Rottman: GR Pottery Forms

Sunday, October 7, 2018

You are invited to a demonstration workshop with Jeff Rottman, owner of GR Pottery Forms. As a potter, Jeff came up with the idea of ...

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Bill Wilkey Workshop: Thrown and Altered, with Soda Firing

Bill Wilkey Workshop: Thrown and Altered, with Soda Firing

Two pricing options: CASD Members $225, Non-members $260 March 10-13; includes participating in the soda firing; limited to 10 participants with 8-10 pieces each CASD ...

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