Hand Building With Clay
Youth Summer Camp | Registration opens 1/22/2025 9:00 AM EST
Learn a variety of ceramic hand building techniques such as pinch pots, coil and slab building. You'll learn to create functional vessels and creative sculptural objects.
Students age 6-8 will use air-dry clay that can be taken home on friday. Students who are 9+ may use clay that needs to be fired and will be picked up at a later date. Firing can take 1-2 months.
Christine Orr
Christine Orr b.1993 (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Richmond, Virginia. Working in clay, fiber, paper-making and poetry, her practice critically navigates how humans have co-evolved with objects. Orr investigates material culture’s role in our understanding of domestic and utilitarian items. This research connects objects and what they are made from as well as their metaphorical and symbolic potential. Orr received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2015. She completed her Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in the Craft/Material Studies Department in 2021.