Color Exploration & Hand-Built Forms with Didem Mert
January 29th and 30th, 2022
Registration is now open!
Workshop details below.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination must be presented at the start of the workshop
OR take a rapid COVID-19 test which can be purchased upon entry for $55.
Didem Mert workshop will be split into two packages!
Saturday Package
$195
Saturday, January 29th
10am to 4pm
This package includes the Artist Talk and Live Demonstration with bay area ceramicist, Didem Mert. You will learn about unorthodox ways of incorporating color, decoration, and forming techniques into your own hand-building practice. This event will build on exploring complex techniques to enhance clay surfaces using mason stains, drawn templates, slab formations, mid-range glaze application, and much more throughout the six hour artist talk and demonstration. Didem will also demonstrate how she creates ceramic jewelry out of clay that would typically be disposed of during the making process.
Weekend Package
$350
Saturday & Sunday, January 29th - 30th
10am to 5pm
This package includes a combination of the artist talk + demonstration with Didem Mert on Saturday plus a hands-on workshop the following day on Sunday. Participants will need to bring a tool kit, a hand-towel, and 2 bisqued forms within 8” x 8” by 8”. Attendees will begin with hand-building cup forms using soft slab construction, followed by experimenting with colored porcelain and mixing colors together. After exploring slab construction and colored porcelain, participants will have the opportunity to glaze their bisque pieces with Didem. The subject matter for the hands-on portion also includes use of terra sigillata, using stencils, underglaze application, and more.
Food and drinks will be provided on both days.
COVID-19 vaccination will be required to attend this event OR purchase a rapid test upon entry for $55.
Cancellation Policy:
Due to high demand, kindly cancel 7 days before your scheduled workshop to receive a full refund. Cancellations in under one week of the start of your workshop will only receive a 50% refund. Failure to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result on the day of the workshop will not receive a refund. Thank you for your understanding!
About
Didem Mert
Didem Mert was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH. She received her BFA (ceramics) from Northern Kentucky University in 2014 and her MFA (ceramics) from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Mert has exhibited nationally in places such as The Clay Studio, Companion Gallery, Charlie Cummings Gallery, AKAR, The Erie Art Museum, and over forty other venues. Her work was published in Ceramics Monthly’s 2014 Undergraduate Showcase. She was awarded a first prize grant through the Three Arts Foundation in 2014. She was featured on the cover of Pottery Making Illustrated’s January/February 2016 issue. Mert was included on C File’s list of 15 Potters to Watch in 2016. She was also featured on Architectural Digest’s 10 Ceramic Artists Giving Pottery A Modern Update. Mert led a residency at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts during the summer of 2017. She was honored as one of Ceramics Monthly’s Emerging Artists of 2018. Mert was a summer resident at the Archie Bray Foundation in 2018.
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Instagram: @didemmert_pottery
