2024 w88 mobile Arts Workshops

Registration opens January 22 at 10:00 a.m. PST. We look forward to creating with you in w88 mobile!

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Finding Form: Coil-Built Vessels with w88 mobile Hicks, June 24-28

This workshop will introduce a coil and pinch technique for building vessels. Coil and pinch is a fundamental ceramic process. We will discuss how to achieve clear transitional edges, dramatic cantilevered planes and full curves. Develop your personal vocabulary in clay and approach to creating a studio practice with demonstrations, hands-on practice and one-on-one instruction.

About the artist

Giselle Hicks

Giselle has been working in clay for 25 years. Originally from California, she received her BFA from Syracuse University and her MFA from Alfred University in New York. She has participated in various artist-in-residence programs including the Anderson Ranch Art Center, the w88 mobile/Industry Program at the Kohler Company, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Greenwich House and The Archie Bray Foundation. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine w88 mobile in Boston, The John Michael Kohler Art Center, the Bellevue Art Museum, the Southwest School of Art, the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Her full-time studio practice offers opportunities to teach, travel, and work with interior design firms and galleries to place her work in hotels, restaurants and homes. Giselle currently lives and works in Helena, Montana.

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