Pots with Patterns: Expanding Your Pottery Palette
Looking to loosen yourself up a bit? Have you been seeking ways to
make your thrown surfaces more unique? Maybe you're just ready to try
something totally different on the wheel? Come up to Fogo in September
and learn with Ben about his various ways of altering, imprinting,
dimpling, and embellishing freshly thrown pots. Learn to work with the
clay in an "alla prima" way as you explore adding life and fluid
textures onto your pots. We'll start small and then try larger forms.
Handle demos and trimming will all be part of this extensive, hands-on
workshop. Short slide shows, daily demos, and 1-on-1's will all be
part of the learning process. Basic understanding of how to work on
the potter's wheel is helpful.
Ben Eberle is a studio potter and educator living and making his work
in western, MA. His past training in the field took him from Skidmore
College, 1999-2003, to a year-long apprenticeship with Toshiko
Takaezu. After a brief layover in Boston where he managed two studios
and taught pottery classes, he went to San Jose State University for
his MFA. He moved to the hilltowns of western MA in 2014 where he has
immersed in the two pottery tours and broad ceramics community ever
since. He built a community wood-fired soda kiln called the “Karma
Kiln” in 2022 and enjoys hosting a few groups a year for all the
excitement that soda firing brings. His work is in multiple galleries
around the country and featured in select, national group shows.
