Hand Building: Tell a Story Through Sgrafitto
Adult Multi-Week | Available
Continue developing hand building skills such as slabbing, coiling and attaching. Create both sculptures or functional objects using combined building techniques to create forms that go beyond the cylinder. Design richly decorated surfaces that have a narrative quality using a variety of techniques including sgraffito and mishima. In this class, there will be many types of demos, while the projects will be largely student driven. This class is a perfect opportunity to have lots of one-on-one time with the instructor to create the projects of your dreams!
- Please bring a towel and a set of basic clay tools if you have them.
You will receive 25 pounds of clay; additional clay is available for purchase.
On-site courses do not come with studio access outside of class time. Paid open studio access is available through our Studio Access Program. Please visit visarts.org for more information.
This instructor speaks Spanish, but the class is held in English.
Classes are confirmed one week prior to the start date. In order to help us confirm classes, please register as early as possible.
Claudia Meyer
Claudia is an artist and object-maker living and working in Richmond, VA primarily working in clay and paper media. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BFA in Sculpture + Extended Media in 2020. Her handbuilt works in clay, although they are made of hardened earth, feel soft to the touch. Their colors are as jovial and earthly as bursting laughter. These objects emit energy through their whimsical forms and patterns. She learns from the way that the moon and the trees wave to each other and the deep knowledge rooted in the earth and our bodies.
Through her teaching, she aims to democratize the classroom space, leveling the student/teacher relationship to one of reciprocity rather than authority. Her students learn just as much from the world around them as they do from each other. In her classroom, Claudia exists as a guide for her creative students' journeys and she endeavors to teach her students limitlessness in their creative pursuits.
Instagram: @ paloma.claudi