Inviting Creativity through Clay
with Austin Coudriet
Saturday, April 13th and
Sunday, April 14th
10am to 4pm
Inviting Creativity with Clay
with Austin Coudriet
$375
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2 Day Workshop:
Saturday, April 13th
Sunday, April 14th
10am to 4pm (both days)
Workshop Description:
”Inviting Creativity” through clay is a two day hands-on workshop designed to help artists and makers reimagine their creative process through the medium of clay. Participants will learn new wheel throwing skills with a focus on alteration as well as basic hand-building skills such as pinching, coils, slabs, and extrusions.
Through the lens of experimentation and play, participants will combine these new skill sets to create multifaceted objects both functional and sculptural.
This workshop is especially designed for any makers feeling stuck in rut, looking for a new style of work to pursue, and/or interested in bridging the gap between wheel throwing and hand-building! -
Each participant will receive one bag of B-Mix with Grog.
In order to keep the cost of this workshop as low as possible, we will NOT be providing lunch. Please feel free to bring your own snacks/lunch. We have a refrigerator and microwave on site.
This workshop includes firing for all participants!
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$375
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I am a beginner, can I take this workshop?
Intermediate level wheel throwing, and basic hand-building knowledge is required for this workshop.What time is lunch?
There is no official time for lunch but there will be plenty of opportunity for you to take a break and eat. We have a refrigerator and microwave on site that you are more than welcome to use.
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Due to high demand, kindly cancel by Saturday, March 30th to receive a full refund. Cancellations made after April 6th will only receive a 50% refund. Cancellations made after Monday, April 8th will not receive a refund at all. There are no refunds once the workshop has begun.
Unfortunately, we can not hold credit for a future workshop either.Thank you for your understanding.
About the Artist:
Austin Coudriet
Austin Coudriet was born and raised in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2019 he earned his BFA with a dual emphasis in sculpture and ceramics from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. There he focused on fabricating large ceramic sculptures and expanding his skills in the woodshop.
Austin is currently a long term artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts located in Helena, Montana. Here he is able to pursue his passions of teaching, and working as a studio artist. He divides his studio practice between creating design-oriented sculptures, ceramic furniture, and hand-built vessels.
Austin has done a number of residencies, most recently he was a long term resident artist at the Clay Studio of Missoula in Missoula, Montana (2021 -2023). In 2021 Austin completed a two year residency at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York. There, he helped grow the community studio by: firing kilns, mixing glazes, working in the gallery, running workshops and lectures, and performing routine maintenance on studio equipment. During the start of the pandemic, Austin moved back to Nebraska for six months, where he was offered a fellowship position at the LUX Center for the Arts and renovated their gallery space.
Austin helped found a ceramic collective group called Mud Ties in 2019. He is currently leading both the Social Outreach and the Social Media team.
Artist Statement
“My studio practice is an ongoing tactile conversation between soft amorphous forms and rigid linear components. Daily visual experiences of infrastructure found within the natural environment are re-contextualized through the lens of play into nonrepresentational, interactive sculpture. Amid a collision of rudimentary shapes, inspired by Deconstructivist architecture my compositions are rendered. Lines find edges, and shapes form volume.
As a child I would draw with my father, an architect. I was fascinated by the way he built with lines, they exceeded their boundaries yet were contained by the image they formed, loose but intentional. As my own drawings developed I began to explore three dimensional fabrication. I discovered how working with clay could successfully help me achieve what I was depicting on paper. Quickly my lines translated into coils, and those coils into sculpture. I collect inspiration from modernist design, mid-century modern furniture, scaffolding and clouds.”
www.austincoudriet.com
@austincoudriet
Cancellation Policy
Due to high demand, kindly cancel by Saturday, April 13th to receive a full refund. Cancellations made after April 13th will only receive a 50% refund. Cancellations made after Monday, April 22nd will not receive a refund at all. There are no refunds once the workshop has begun. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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We will contact you if a spot in a class opens!
In the meantime, we recommend checking the website periodically and clicking on the registration link above in case a spot opens up before we are able to reach out to you.
hello@gbclayhouse.com
626.791.9220
1563 N Lake Ave. Pasadena, CA. 91104