Hands-on Workshop:  Sat., June 26   10am-4pm
                                       Sun., June 27  10am-3pm
Reservations required.  $80.00 person
(materials and equipment included)
Contact the studio to reserve a space

Workshop:
Purpose meets design in historically inspired pots meant for storage,
culturing and fermentation of traditional foods. Thrown and altered
vessels, darted textured-slab forms, and a large lidded pot made from
extrusions. Get your hands in clay as well with a handbuilt project,
and make and keep three tools Kelly finds indispensable.

Kelly Averill Savino loves the link between design and purpose, and is always looking for common ground in pots historically used to store, preserve and prepare food.  She combines a background in folklore and cultural anthropology with her passions as a studio potter, reinventing ancient forms to suit her contemporary culture, purpose and aesthetic.  The more specific the purpose of a pot (such as a vinegar or kombucha fermenter, a yogurt or kefir pot, sourdough crock or baking cloche) the more trial and error has to go into perfecting functional design.

In this two day workshop, Kelly will present slides of pots made for storing and pouring, fermenting and culturing, cooking and serving.  In demonstrations, parts thrown on the wheel for later assembly will serve as “talking points” for decisions we make about rims and profiles, proportion, and a body-friendly approach to throwing.  Later, those parts will be assembled, and observations shared about planning and design, attachments and surface decoration.

Handbuilt projects will include textured slab constructions with darts, and a large covered dish made with extrusions.  Participants will get a chance to get their hands in clay, as well, with some small handbuilt projects we can do as a group.