This workshop took place on March 30 and is now available as a digital download.

Join Wes Brown in his studio to learn new ways of combining wheel throwing and slab building to create unique teapots. This live 3-hour virtual demonstration workshop is for clay enthusiasts of all ages and levels. Brown will walk through his processes for slab rolling and texturing as well as wheel throwing. The combining of these two types of clay handlings is both fun and challenging. Whether you are a seasoned maker or just getting into clay, this workshop is sure to give you a few tips and tricks, and we’ll talk about aesthetics and  functionality too. Come on out and see the new possibilities when joining wheel throwing and slab building to create new forms. 

About Wes: 

Wesley T. Brown is a ceramic artist from Dayton, Ohio. Brown holds an Associates of Art from Sinclair Community College (2012), a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Bowling Green State University (2014), and a masters of Fine Art from Indiana University Bloomington (2018). During his schooling Brown sought out and worked for such potters as Mark Goertzen, Daniel Johnston, Alex Matisse, and Daniel Evans.As a practicing artist, Brown has worked to develop bodies of work from large scale ceramic sculptures weighing several hundreds of pounds to everyday functional pottery. He has exhibited work both at the national and international level.Through clay Brown conveys both struggle and triumph through cracked surfaces, striking silhouettes, and bold compositions. His most recent explorations have been in the making of functional wares that are a dynamic meeting of hand building and wheel throwing.