******This Two-Day Workshop meets Saturday, January 25 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and Sunday, January 26 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.***
Learn how to combine printmaking and ceramics in this unique workshop. Saturday will be devoted to learning relief printmaking by carving four blocks with Chinese symbols. and making prints on paper. On Sunday, use your carved block to create relief impressions in clay. Turn these printed slabs into functional vessels.
Required Supplies
All supplies are provided. You may bring your pottery tools but tools will be provided if needed
Special Notes
David Hunter is a master printmaker and experienced art educator, who is well-known at Crealdé for his wry sense of humor and remarkable patience with teaching his art to students, adult and children alike. Printmaking is a process of creating images, or etchings, using acid to etch lines into a hard metal plate, and then using that plate to make prints. Many of Hunter's etching are infused with natural Florida. His unique etchings infused with the imagery of natural Florida consistently continue to draw top awards in art festivals and competitions in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan. In addition to being a faculty member in Crealdé's Painting & Drawing Program, he teaches workshops throughout the Southeast.
Instructors
Robert Reedy
Growth as an artist is directly related to the acceptance of one’s self as an individual who dresses, talks, visualizes and creates differently from any other human. In fact, we are unique functioning designs. The more I embrace this the more freedom I exhibit as an artist. Understanding this, coupled with the history of art and a working knowledge of technical and visual language skills, enables me to create. These distinct aesthetic and sociological experiences create values and circumstances that shape my life and in turn impact my artwork. It is the pursuit of this individualism that is important to me. All artists are connected by history, visual elements, and principles of design. However, it is who we are and how we visually interpret the environment that creates our individual identities as artists. Growing up in rural Mississippi was challenging. Traditions such as storytelling, family, and faith had a tremendous affect in shaping my work. These traditions and experiences shaped my values. I see it as a refreshing force in a world that can sometimes be cold, static and impersonal. My philosophy is a balance between intellect and superstition, science and magic, New York and Mississippi. Currently, I am involved with a more sculptural approach to the vessel and recently have returned to a mixed media form of painting and drawing.