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Pushing Pots to Another Level - with Sarah Wells Rolland, Master Potter and Owner of Village Potters
12/14/2024
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM EST

Event Description
Sarah Wells Rolland
"Pushing Pots to Another Level"
Day Demonstration Workshop 2025
Workshop Fee:  $180
Date:  December 14th, 2024 (Saturday)
Time:  9:00 am to 3:00 (brief lunch break - bring a lunch or pick-up something at the sub/salad shop across the street)
Location:  Art Place Studios - 2015 Asheville Hwy, Hendersonville, NC 28792 
Parking:  Parking lot in front of 2015, around the left side and rear of buildings on the left, plus at Art Place Gallery.

Presentation:  In this informal presentation Sarah will share her work and discuss her aesthetic and process. She will also share the story of The Village Potters Clay Center from its conception, its thriving community and its reestablishing after the flood. She will be receiving donations to help in their recovery.

Demonstration: Sarah Wells Rolland is well known for her teaching method. She is inspiring and shares her techniques for honing skills and transforming a thrown vessel into an original piece. Sarah will throw bigger pots in sections, make a darted pitcher, throw a basket with an overhead handle, create an oval dish with built-in handles, create mugs with multiple approaches to handles and more.

Techniques she will share:
1. Throw using all the clay
2. Altering
3. Darting
4. Shaving
5. Handles that complement the form, pulled and wheel thrown
6. Sculpting and adding clay to pots.
7. Spouts and how to make them function well
Sarah shares openly and delights in lively discussion. She will share how she makes her
aesthetic decisions and creates line and movement to her forms. She will share the process of pushing clay to its limit.