01/05 + 01/12 Two Part Ceramics Workshop: Salad + Spice Grater Bowls

Two-Day Ceramics Workshop: Hand Building Bowls with Mitch Segall

Part One: Sunday January 5th from 1:30pm to 4:30pm 

Part Two: Sunday January 12th from 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Entry Level Class—No experience necessary

Age 16+

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Love making your own dressings and marinades but sick of chopping that sticky garlic and those finicky herbs? Grater bowls come equipped with a garlic grater, herb stripper, and a convenient spout. Local artist and pottery maverick, Mitch Segall, offers a unique opportunity to learn ceramic bowl crafting with some special tools built in that’ll make your time in the kitchen fun and easy. 

During this two-part workshop, you’ll learn all about handbuilding and glazing stoneware. By the end of class, you’ll understand how to properly coil build with clay so that the resulting piece is structurally sound. You'll also learn how to imprint textures and add shapes to create something entirely unique.

When you return for the second date, you'll learn how to apply glaze to your bisque fired bowl using a variety of glazing techniques. 

What activities will you experience?

• Wedging clay
• Rolling clay into coils
• Building coils into a bowl form
• Smoothing and blending techniques
• Scoring and slipping to attach pieces
• Paddling technique
• Drying techniques
• Applying detail and color

About the Instructor:

Mitch Segall is a native Michigander, a proud MSU alum, and the founder of Central Ceramics Co. He has been working with clay for nearly 20 years and teaching for over 10 years. Mitch has apprenticed in a number of pottery studios and is the manager of Pewabic Pottery’s gallery shop. He loves exploring shape, texture, and color, and stretching those elements within the limitations of clay. Mitch’s current body of work reflects the aesthetics and inspirations discovered during his time living in Central America.