DATES:
Saturday, August 29th: 9:00am - 5:00pm, with a 1-hr mid-day lunch break
Sunday, August 30th: 9:00am - 3:00pm, with a 1-hr mid-day lunch break
PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18+
PLEASE READ ADDITIONAL INFO SECTIONS FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE WORKSHOP
STARTS 8/29: Hands-On Workshop with Hsin-Chuen Lin - 8/29 to 8/30
Enhance your ceramic skills with an immersive intensive workshop tailored for intermediate to advanced practitioners. This two-day, hands-on program is specifically designed for wheel throwers seeking to refine their techniques for enhancing and decorating the surfaces of their pottery. Hsin will impart his meticulous methods for enhancing wheel-thrown surfaces, including chattering, sgraffito carving on the leather-hard surface, creating crackle patterns with sodium silicate, and applying roller textures to thrown cylinders prior to “volumizing.” Participants will have ample opportunity to experiment with the provided tools to achieve chattering/carving textures.
Additional techniques can be tailored to students' interests upon request. Hsin’s extensive followers of over 126K on YouTube underscores his exceptional ceramics expertise and effective teaching approach.
TOOLS
Please review the Student Supply List for all required tools. ACH will provide clay and specific tools below requested by Hsin, but students are expected to bring their own items from the Student Supply List.Provided materials:
- 25lbs of clay per student
- Sodium silicate
- Newspaper
- Roller textures
- Cardboard cylinders
- Propane torches
- Colored slip
FIRING
- If students would like to keep their pieces, we are happy to bisque fire pots at $0.045 per cubic inch. For visiting students, we are happy to ship your pieces at an additional cost.
ATTIRE
Please dress comfortably and wear clothes that you don't mind getting dirty and/or staining. Feel free to bring your own apron.LUNCH WILL NOT BE PROVIDED
We will provide water + light snacks. Please be prepared to bring food to eat during the lunch break. Limited fridge space available and microwave use.- Apron
- Personal throwing + trimming tools
- Additional texture tools if desired (rollers, chattering tools)
- 3-5 Brushes (various sizes to apply slip + sodium silicate)
- Notebook + pen
Hsin-Chuen Lin, a Taiwanese-born ceramicist, holds a Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Iowa. He relocated to California in 1991 and currently teaches at various community and arts centers.
In April 2010, Lin commenced uploading his inaugural pottery tutorial video, which has since amassed over 850 videos, earning him the moniker “The Master Pottery Teacher” on YouTube.
Clay has been Lin’s enduring passion for over four decades. His artistic inspiration draws from the early Chinese Shan and Zhou dynasty bronzes, as well as the elegant pottery of the Song dynasty. Additionally, he has been influenced by the American contemporary ceramics movement’s emphasis on the liberated and spontaneous creation of pottery.
Lin’s vessels undergo a multi- step process, involving initial throwing, subsequent tearing, punching, squeezing, chattering decoration, and final firing techniques such as raku, gas, and wood fire, tailored to express his desired artistic vision.
Lin’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, garnering numerous accolades. His creations have been featured in publications and collections worldwide, including those of museums and private collectors.
ALL BOOKINGS ARE FINAL + NON-REFUNDABLE but transferable once to 1 person if you cannot attend. If ACH or Guest Artist must cancel the event, 100% refund will be returned to the card used for payment.
No partial or pro-rated refunds available.
Due to the nature of this class, make-up sessions are not provided.
Please arrive early as class will start on time.
