In this workshop we’ll explore a handful of rarely-used decorative techniques, combined with extruded pieces, and end up with plates, bowls, cups and mugs that break all the rules. Our approach will be to let the processes show in the work; if we keep out of clay’s way, the material will reveal its true nature and the results will be fresh and lively. We’ll work with unconventional forming methods and unusual approaches to surface decoration. Myths will be busted and secrets revealed. Topics include: cutting and printing with hand-cut Tyvek stencils; inlaying colored slip; stretched slabs; liquid latex resist and deer-tail brushes; how to make your own tools out of common materials; and how to make custom extruder dies. This workshop will also interest throwers who’d like to expand their horizons beyond the wheel.

More about Hayne:

Hayne Bayless makes hand-built stoneware pottery in Ivoryton, CT. Other than lessons from a potter in Tokyo and a handful of classes and workshops, he has managed to avoid any formal instruction in ceramics. He abandoned wheel-throwing early on, preferring the freedom of handbuilding afforded by slabwork and extrusions.Hayne’s interest in clay started in high school, where he discovered an old potter's wheel and kiln gathering dust in a corner of the art room. The art teacher pointed him to Bernard Leach's A Potter's Book, which became his guide. After a college career that spanned four schools and seven attempted majors over 12 years, Hayne emerged with a degree in journalism. He worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in New Haven for 10 years. His interest in clay reemerged, and making pots began to take up most of his time outside the newsroom. He quit the paper in 1992 and several days later put out work at a churchyard craft show, where he sold three pieces.Hayne has had the great fortune to be awarded the top prizes at two of the country's most important craft shows: the Smithsonian Craft Show in Washington, D.C. and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. He teaches workshops all over the country and abroad.