Groundlings: 10 Day Master Class with Shary Boyle
January 7, 2025
Clay Around the World: Medicine Hat Potters Association Exhibition
January 10, 2025
Workshop Description
In this workshop we’ll cover all aspects of plaster mould making for use with slip casting. We’ll go over types of plaster, measuring, mixing, and pouring techniques, and ways to cottle and dam moulds. We’ll also discuss selecting items for mould making, the best ways to seal and prep objects, and planning how to tackle multiple-part moulds.
We’ll discuss how to cast soft and/or inflatable objects, as well as objects with many undercuts. Lastly, we’ll cover the basics of slip casting: in the interest of time, this will be the area with the least emphasis in the workshop. This can be tailored to student’s needs, but workshop participants should expect to leave the class with finished moulds, not necessarily fired work.
Though we’ll do multiple demonstrations and lecture-based learning in this class, students should come with objects they would like to cast and/or project(s) they would like to undertake. Hands-on, active learning, as well as troubleshooting, will form the foundation of the workshop. This workshop is open to all levels of experience.
instructor
Jocelyn Reid
Workshop Dates
Monday, July 28th – Sunday, August 3rd (7 days)
Registration Cost
$750 + GST
Registration Deadline
Monday, June 30th 2025
(To meet minimum participant requirement)
lodging
$450 + GST
Check-in: July 27th after 3:00PM
Check-out: August 4th at 10:00AM
(8 nights) *Limited spots*
Credit for Images (in order from left to right)
- Trapped Air | Cast porcelain, underglaze, glaze, 16”h x 9”l x 7”d,2019
- Rug Burn | Cast porcelain, glaze, flocking, birch, a piece of my parents carpet, 28”h x 5”l x 29”d, 2021
- Cinderblock | Cast porcelain, glaze, lustre, 13 ”h x 9”l x 2”d, 2022
- Self Portrait as a Step Stool | Cast porcelain, glaze, silver necklace, 8 ”h x 13”l x 10.5”d, 2023
- A Roof of my Own | Porcelain, glaze, powder-coated steel, plywood, hardware, 81.5” l x 39” w x 37.5” h, 2024
jocelyn reid
Jocelyn Reid is a ceramic and mixed media artist from Calgary, Canada. She has exhibited work in North America, Taiwan, and Europe, and was the 2021 recipient of the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics. Reid has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, the Vermont Studio Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Artist Statement
As reinventions of everyday items, my work highlights the symbolic potential of the mundane. My research centers around the inanimate and often low-cost things that hold power for us as humans. Childhood possessions, familiar structures, and ephemeral objects all bear weight, emotional or otherwise. I find interest in the translation of these objects into new materials: by re-creating them, I frustrate and dissect the power and value these items can hold. Like a fun house mirror, my sculptures reflect ideas around gender roles, class, and societal norms.
Website/Social Media
www.jocelynreid.com / @jocelynreid / 479.601.9393 / jocelynEreid@gmail.com
