Join Marcela Torres for a 6-week intermediate handbuilding class dedicated to constructing larger figures composed of multiple parts. In this course, we'll explore the foundational techniques for creating expansive figures, discussing design concepts and strategies to develop a series with a cohesive narrative.
Course Highlights:
- Design & Narrative: Engage in group discussions to refine your design ideas, ensuring your series tells a clear story.
- Technical Skills: Learn about appropriate drying times, how to fit parts together, repair techniques, and selecting the right clay for your project.
- Project Development: Over the 6 weeks, you will construct, glaze, and fire a complete figure made from several components.
This class adopts a contemporary art approach, encouraging students to integrate conceptual thinking and collective dialogue into their creations. It's ideal for those with prior handbuilding experience looking to tackle more complex projects.
Glazing Techniques: Marcela will also guide you through advanced glazing methods to enhance your figures.
Class Details:
- Instructor: Marcela Torres
- Duration: 6 weeks (March 25th- April 1st- April 8th- April 15th- April 22nd- April 29th) 7pm -9.30pm
- Materials: All materials and firing are included.
- Purpose: The emphasis of this course is on enhancing your skills and knowledge, not on mass production.
- Studio Time: You'll receive 2 hours of studio working time weekly.
- Policy:Please note, there will be no refunds or rescheduling.
- Prerequisite: If you don't have any prior experience, we recommend you take a workshop or a beginner handbuilding class with us first.
This course is perfect for those ready to expand their handbuilding skills under the guidance of Marcela Torres, in an environment that fosters creativity and technical growth.
Bio
Marcela E. Torres, Born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Torres received a BA in Sculpture Intermedia and a BFA in Art History from the University of Utah, They continued their studies with a MFA in Performance from School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Torres builds sensorial performances and dynamic objects that create portals into reflective zones where the contemporary timeline confronts historical ancestral moments. In these liminal spaces we can investigate Latinie/x experiences of colonization, crises and transition that manifested diaspora and distance from our indigenous culture.
My research is scholarly, physical and community based as a triad that unlocks hidden memories within our bodies and brings it to the forefront of our collective mind.
Join Marcela Torres for a 6-week intermediate handbuilding class dedicated to constructing larger figures composed of multiple parts. In this course, we'll explore the foundational techniques for creating expansive figures, discussing design concepts and strategies to develop a series with a cohesive narrative.
Course Highlights:
- Design & Narrative: Engage in group discussions to refine your design ideas, ensuring your series tells a clear story.
- Technical Skills: Learn about appropriate drying times, how to fit parts together, repair techniques, and selecting the right clay for your project.
- Project Development: Over the 6 weeks, you will construct, glaze, and fire a complete figure made from several components.
This class adopts a contemporary art approach, encouraging students to integrate conceptual thinking and collective dialogue into their creations. It's ideal for those with prior handbuilding experience looking to tackle more complex projects.
Glazing Techniques: Marcela will also guide you through advanced glazing methods to enhance your figures.
Class Details:
- Instructor: Marcela Torres
- Duration: 6 weeks (March 25th- April 1st- April 8th- April 15th- April 22nd- April 29th) 7pm -9.30pm
- Materials: All materials and firing are included.
- Purpose: The emphasis of this course is on enhancing your skills and knowledge, not on mass production.
- Studio Time: You'll receive 2 hours of studio working time weekly.
- Policy:Please note, there will be no refunds or rescheduling.
- Prerequisite: If you don't have any prior experience, we recommend you take a workshop or a beginner handbuilding class with us first.
This course is perfect for those ready to expand their handbuilding skills under the guidance of Marcela Torres, in an environment that fosters creativity and technical growth.
Bio
Marcela E. Torres, Born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Torres received a BA in Sculpture Intermedia and a BFA in Art History from the University of Utah, They continued their studies with a MFA in Performance from School of the Art Institute Chicago.
Torres builds sensorial performances and dynamic objects that create portals into reflective zones where the contemporary timeline confronts historical ancestral moments. In these liminal spaces we can investigate Latinie/x experiences of colonization, crises and transition that manifested diaspora and distance from our indigenous culture.
My research is scholarly, physical and community based as a triad that unlocks hidden memories within our bodies and brings it to the forefront of our collective mind.
