HUMMINGBIRD
Location
HUMMINGBIRD is located near the I-5 corridor near the Oregon- California border, just 20 minutes from Jacksonville, 30 minutes from Medford, 45 minutes from Grants Pass and 50 minutes from Ashland. Click here for a local map.
HUMMINGBIRD is located near the I-5 corridor near the Oregon- California border, just 20 minutes from Jacksonville, 30 minutes from Medford, 45 minutes from Grants Pass and 50 minutes from Ashland. Click here for a local map.
Virginia Cartwright
Workshop Description
Virginia returns to Hummingbird after her much acclaimed hand-building workshop here in 2004. In addition to a demo of her famous folded teapots, which will span both days, these two classes will focus on making tall bottles. On Saturday the class will work with stamped designs on tall folded vases. The Sunday class will create larger, oval vases which is a form inspired by Virginia’s love of nature. She was drawn to the beauty of palm trees, and especially focused on the beauty of the marks made on the trunk by the fronds. She artfully layers irregular slabs of clay to achieve this unusual effect. This is the first time that Virginia has demonstrated this oval shape in a workshop situation.
You may sign up for one or both of the days. Each day Virginia will begin her class with a short slide show, and demonstrate several of the latest techniques she has developed for making potters stamps.
Please join us for a fun-filled weekend of creativity.
Virginia returns to Hummingbird after her much acclaimed hand-building workshop here in 2004. In addition to a demo of her famous folded teapots, which will span both days, these two classes will focus on making tall bottles. On Saturday the class will work with stamped designs on tall folded vases. The Sunday class will create larger, oval vases which is a form inspired by Virginia’s love of nature. She was drawn to the beauty of palm trees, and especially focused on the beauty of the marks made on the trunk by the fronds. She artfully layers irregular slabs of clay to achieve this unusual effect. This is the first time that Virginia has demonstrated this oval shape in a workshop situation.
You may sign up for one or both of the days. Each day Virginia will begin her class with a short slide show, and demonstrate several of the latest techniques she has developed for making potters stamps.
Please join us for a fun-filled weekend of creativity.
"I loved that I could come into Dennis' workshop 'green' and still get so much out of it!"
"Dennis knows, lives and teaches from the heart, soul and mind. I learned more from him in three days than I have in the last one and a half years in my clay class."
"I thought the demonstrations were extremely well done- executed with passion as well as detail. I was mesmerized. I believe Dennis could teach anyone, he is so patient..."
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Maximum enrollment: 12
Registration Form
Registration Form
$85 either day or $150 both days - Payment option
If you do not register for both days, you may return for the second day only if space allows.
9AM to 4PM - Studio is open after class until 9:30PM - Basic supplies and lunch are included.
Location
HUMMINGBIRD is located near the I-5 corridor near the Oregon- California border, just 20 minutes from Jacksonville, 30 minutes from Medford, 45 minutes from Grants Pass and 50 minutes from Ashland. Click here for a local map.
HUMMINGBIRD is located near the I-5 corridor near the Oregon- California border, just 20 minutes from Jacksonville, 30 minutes from Medford, 45 minutes from Grants Pass and 50 minutes from Ashland. Click here for a local map.
Photos and Comments from past WORKSHOPS
at HUMMINGBIRD
at HUMMINGBIRD
Beth Cavener-Stichter 07
Dennis Meiners 04,05,06,07
Jim Koudelka 05
Jim Robinson 04
Josh DeWeese 07
Leslie Lee 04,05,06,07
Meira Mathison 07
Patrick Horsley 06
Paul Bennett 06
Phyllis Trowbridge 05
Richey Bellinger 05
Victoria Christen 06
Virginia Cartwright 04
Dennis Meiners 04,05,06,07
Jim Koudelka 05
Jim Robinson 04
Josh DeWeese 07
Leslie Lee 04,05,06,07
Meira Mathison 07
Patrick Horsley 06
Paul Bennett 06
Phyllis Trowbridge 05
Richey Bellinger 05
Victoria Christen 06
Virginia Cartwright 04
Contact by email
or phone 541-899-7045
or phone 541-899-7045
Upstairs, Downstairs and Pumphouse B&B Rooms are available.
October 10 and/or October 11
Using stamps to embellish handbuilding
Using stamps to embellish handbuilding
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All skill levels are welcome.
From Ceramic Arts Daily June 16, 2008:
Virginia Cartwright’s polymer clay stamps are quick and easy to make and even more durable than bisque stamps.
I saw Virginia Cartwright demonstrating at a Potters Council workshop earlier this year and one of the brilliant little nuggets of information that I came away with was the idea of making clay texture stamps out of polymer clay. Virginia had an assortment of her lovely little homemade polymer stamps for sale at the workshop and I couldn’t resist purchasing a few to take home. And I plan to make some of my own one of these days...
Virginia Cartwright’s polymer clay stamps are quick and easy to make and even more durable than bisque stamps.
I saw Virginia Cartwright demonstrating at a Potters Council workshop earlier this year and one of the brilliant little nuggets of information that I came away with was the idea of making clay texture stamps out of polymer clay. Virginia had an assortment of her lovely little homemade polymer stamps for sale at the workshop and I couldn’t resist purchasing a few to take home. And I plan to make some of my own one of these days...
Stamps enhance your work by adding interesting textures to your pieces and depth to your glazes. For years, I carved stamps from small plaster blocks or leather-hard clay that was then bisque fired before use. I wanted a way to make stamps more quickly so I could share them with my students and workshop participants and found that polymer clay (available at craft stores) makes a clean, crisp impression that can be cured and ready for use in thirty minutes.
Virginia Cartwright
has produced a series of videos
which will be available to view and purchase
at this workshop.
Inlaid Colored Clay
Soft Slab Techniques with Lana Wilson
The Art of Making Teapots
Six Easy Pieces
has produced a series of videos
which will be available to view and purchase
at this workshop.
Inlaid Colored Clay
Soft Slab Techniques with Lana Wilson
The Art of Making Teapots
Six Easy Pieces
"I learned some innovative and unusual techniques in Virginia Cartwright's workshop a few years ago at Hummingbird which completely changed the way I work with clay, especially when handbuilding.
[What I learned] has allowed me to use clay almost as if it were fabric and create so many different shaped and useful pots that I could not do with wheel-throwing.
Virginia's workshop was a lot of fun as well as instructional...and I always enjoy staying at Hummingbird."
[What I learned] has allowed me to use clay almost as if it were fabric and create so many different shaped and useful pots that I could not do with wheel-throwing.
Virginia's workshop was a lot of fun as well as instructional...and I always enjoy staying at Hummingbird."
Tracie Manso- Eugene, Oregon
