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Workshop Description
This workshop will focus on the use of models, templates, tests, and auxiliary work that artists use as preparation and/or experimentation within their studio practice. Exercises and demonstrations will focus on working solid, enlarging miniatures using coil building, slab building with tar paper templates, and the use of drawing in relation to ceramic form.
"Thinking with Models" will use specific ceramic methods and tools to develop sculptural, wheel-thrown, and traditional clay based forms. Throughout this workshop participants will learn practical skills to conceptualize projects from beginning to end, scale up their work using tactile methods, and explore the realities of trouble shooting ceramic forms. Through this process individuals should come away with the ability to use models as a method to translate ideas into large scale work. This workshop is ideal for all skill levels, as it equips individuals with methods to conceptualize ceramic projects and translate ideas into larger-scale works.
instructor
Zimra Beiner
Workshop Dates
Wednesday, August 6th – Sunday, August 10th (5 days)
Registration Cost
$595 + GST
Registration Deadline
Wednesday, July 9th
(To meet minimum participant requirement)
lodging
$350 + GST
Check-in: August 5th after 3:00PM
Check-out: August 11th at 10:00AM
(6 nights) *Limited spots*
Registration opens January 31st, 2025 @ 10:00 AM MST
Zimra Beiner
Zimra Beiner (b.1985 Toronto) received a BFA from NSCAD University and an MFA from Alfred University in 2012. His work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Hostler Burrows Gallery, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Craft Ontario and group exhibitions at the Gardiner Museum, Art Gallery of Alberta, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Katzen Museum at American University. He has taught at numerous institutions, including as an Assistant Professor at the Alberta University of the Arts in Calgary, Alberta.
Artist Statement
Making art overwhelms my life; therefore, my attempt to honestly expose the making process is an autobiographical narrative. My life is expressed in my method of production; the world around me is represented in things that are ubiquitous and domestic. Looking, translating and making are continuously mixed together in a loop in which the boundary between art and life become tangled. The everyday is interpreted, re-contextualized and abstracted as a reflection of life passing through me.
