Our Workshops
Rooted in traditional consruction methodology
As part of our mission to disseminate Latin American Pottery Techniques in Contemporary Spaces, we bring pottery workshops to studios, organizations, schools, and communities across NY, NJ, & PA
POTS
Safe for Cooking Use
01
Preparation of pieces with direct fire and construction of pots, handbuilding with coils or slabs. Building on or with bisque molds, adding texture with corn cobs or other hand
made tools
02
Techniques used by the originating people and the persisting communities. Create the top of the pot using the technique of body molding. Handle Creation, and Decoration 3D and textures
4 SESSIONS
12 Hr
03
Demonstration of adding colorant to slip, Surface decoration, Burnishing cooking area for non stick surface. we will ready to put in the fired
01
Pieces made in Collective
One Piece - Many Hands
Creation of a collective piece through different miniatures that results in a collective sculpture, based on the aesthetics of the "Tree of Life" of Mexico.
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1 Session
3 Hr
02
The Voice of Mud:
Wind & Hand Percussion Instruments
Learn the different ceramic sound objects created by the native peoples of the
Andes; percussion and wind instruments
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2 Sessions
6 Hr
03
Creating without a table:
Traditional Body Support techniques
Learn the different containers respectively for ritual and/or daily uses. Learning new ways to use our bodies as support. Unlearning the idea of ​​using a table and complex tool
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1 Session
3 Hr
04
Stamps
Pre-hispanic America
Clay stamps to stamp and decorate our skin, fabrics, paper and clay. Using carving techniques on clay.
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1 Session
3 Hr
05
Sahumador
Ritual Incense Object
Learning of the ritual elements of burning incense. shapes and symbols. Based on anthropomorphic-zoomorphic representations, figurative sculpture.
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2 Sessions
6 Hr
06
Venus of Valdivia
Pre-hispanic America
Creation of the Human Figure - Examples of venus from the Valdivia culture. Amulet ritual object for fertility in planting.
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1 Session
3 Hr
07
Clay Exploration in Nature
To Find in Rivers & Streams
Recognize the natural clay in rivers and forests.
​Learning to ask the earth for permission to extract the mud.
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1 Session
3 Hr