Saturday, November 7, 10am-3pm Prospect Height
During this single session workshop, Julia will guide students through making all the components for a unique and expressive ceramic wind chime. Participants will start with making a slab or coiled chime ‘crown’. Next, 6-12 ceramic chimes will be made using coiling, pinching or slab building methods. Lastly, a slab built clapper and optional wind catcher will be made. The workshop will conclude with a brief introduction to surface decoration including slips and underglaze. The bisque firing of one complete wind chime is included in the workshop fee. Students may return to glaze by making a glaze appointment. When the chimes are ready to pick up, each participant will receive a wind chime kit including string, ‘o’ rings and an ’s’ hooks to assemble your chimes.
Julia Elsas is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent exhibitions and performances include Carnegie Museum of Art, Asya Geisberg Gallery, Available Items, Pasaquan, The Bo Bartlett Center, Isabel Sullivan Gallery and Jane Hartsook Gallery. Her band, Sonic Mud, showcases the visual and musical expressions of her hand-built ceramic instruments. Sonic Mud’s music is improvisational and brings to life the richly resonant and earthy sounds of clay.