Digging into Porcelain with Bryan Hopkins
Saturday and Sunday
8:00am – 5:00pm
May 31 – June 1, 2025
In this two-day, hands-on workshop, Bryan Hopkins will demonstrate and help participants push porcelain pots to the edge of the rule that form must follow function- that grey area where provocative work exists.
Bryan will demonstrate his methods for making translucent porcelain pieces (cups, bowls, etc.), as well as how to successfully add hand-built elements to wheel thrown parts to create interesting asymmetric forms, influenced by architecture, historic ceramics, and his urban environment. The use of carving tools and bisque molds to add texture to and to affect the surface, and increase translucence, will be shown.
Open to all levels of students, and all methods of making.
Saturday and Sunday
8:00am – 5:00pm
May 31 – June 1, 2025
In this two-day, hands-on workshop, Bryan Hopkins will demonstrate and help participants push porcelain pots to the edge of the rule that form must follow function- that grey area where provocative work exists.
Bryan will demonstrate his methods for making translucent porcelain pieces (cups, bowls, etc.), as well as how to successfully add hand-built elements to wheel thrown parts to create interesting asymmetric forms, influenced by architecture, historic ceramics, and his urban environment. The use of carving tools and bisque molds to add texture to and to affect the surface, and increase translucence, will be shown.
Open to all levels of students, and all methods of making.
Saturday and Sunday
8:00am – 5:00pm
May 31 – June 1, 2025
In this two-day, hands-on workshop, Bryan Hopkins will demonstrate and help participants push porcelain pots to the edge of the rule that form must follow function- that grey area where provocative work exists.
Bryan will demonstrate his methods for making translucent porcelain pieces (cups, bowls, etc.), as well as how to successfully add hand-built elements to wheel thrown parts to create interesting asymmetric forms, influenced by architecture, historic ceramics, and his urban environment. The use of carving tools and bisque molds to add texture to and to affect the surface, and increase translucence, will be shown.
Open to all levels of students, and all methods of making.
