Ceramics
Code: C0710-25
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II
Level II
Students have a basic understanding of forming techniques, such as throwing and hand building. Students have taken one or two ceramics classes or workshops.
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III
Level III
Students have significant experience with clay forming techniques, such as throwing, hand building and modeling. Students are comfortable with ceramics equipment, such as wheels, extruders and slab rollers. Students are self-starting with some formal training and have taken a minimum of three classes or workshops.
Clay in Color: Handbuilding with Pigmented Porcelain
Jul 14 - 25, 2025
9AM-5PM
Concept
Dive into the possibilities of colored clay bodies in this fun and experimental hand building workshop. Students create harmonious blends of color by mixing stains in clay and then use these to create dynamic sculptures. Through a process of experimenting and testing, students explore abstraction, texture, and color. Demonstrations focus on construction techniques and different methods for using colored clay. Students share and compare our work, discussing visual perception, color, and abstract ceramics. Students build their own catalog of color clay tests and a series of sculptures.
Media & Techniques
Mid-range porcelain, primary color mason stains, glaze, clay tools, scales, sieves, hand-building, mixing, color testing, cone 6 oxidation.
Faculty
Linda Lopez
Linda Nguyen Lopez is a first-generation American artist of Vietnamese and Mexican descent. Her abstract works explore the poetic potential of the everyday by imagining and articulating a vast emotional range embedded in the mundane objects that surround us. Her works have been exhibited at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles, Museum of Art and Design New York, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR, and the Renwick Gallery of theSmithsonian American Art Museum.
Linda Lopez, Objects for Turn, Turn, Turn exhibition at Red Arrow Gallery
Join Waitlist for Clay in Color: Handbuilding with Pigmented Porcelain
Thank you for your interest in the waitlist. When space in a workshop or program becomes available, registration will open on the website. Everyone on the waitlist will be emailed to alert them of the opening. This ensures that everyone has an equal opportunity to register for the workshop or program.
Ceramics
In 1966, American ceramicist Paul Soldner selected the site for what is now Anderson Ranch Arts Center, forming the foundation for a thriving ceramics program. Then and now, Anderson Ranch is a place where students exchange ideas and examine ceramic art and pottery techniques. It has always been a place where seminal moments of growth happen in an artist’s creative and critical thinking. Here, both beginning and emerging artists gain strong fundamental support, while established artists achieve new perspectives and advance their techniques.
The Ranch Ceramics team provides support, feedback and technical problem-solving, giving each artist the freedom to experiment and grow. Our primary focus is on personal advancement through a process of creative discovery.
The Soldner Ceramics Center makes up more than 10,000 square feet in three buildings with 3 studio spaces and 1 kiln yard; Soldner Studio, Long Studio, Sorenson Studio and Lyeth/Lyon Kiln Building. Soldner and Long studios are used for wheel-throwing, hand-building, or general ceramics creativity. Sorenson studio is equipped with five PotterBot 3d clay printers. The Lyeth/Lyon kiln building is equipped with gas, electric, soda and wood kilns for both oxidation and reduction firing at all temperature ranges. The Ranch offers three wood kilns including a gas/wood hybrid kiln, three gas reduction kilns, one soda kiln and eleven high-temperature electric kilns.
Anderson Ranch is happy to extend a tuition discount* in summer one- or two-week adult ceramics workshops** for NCECA members at the student membership level or above. Please email reg@
Workshop Details
Workshop Supplies
For general information about studio access, shipping, and more, please visit our info page.
If you have any questions regarding your supplies for your workshop, please contact Joanne Seongweon Lee, [email protected].
Provided by Anderson Ranch
Equipment
- Blenders
- Containers
- Individual Tables
- Kilns
- Scales
- Sieves
- Spoonulas
- Water Buckets
Supplies
- Black Sharpie**
- Blue Tape**
- Clear Glaze
- Mason Stains
- Nitrile Gloves
- Plastic for Covering Works
- The clay allowance is 125 pounds for this two-week workshop. Only the clays and glazes chosen for the workshop will be available for use, which are predetermined by the instructor. Please do not bring additional clay from your studio.
What you need to bring
Required Tools and Supplies
- Apron and/or Towel**
- Basic Pottery Tools**
- Calculator/Phone Calculator
- Favorite Pottery Tools From Your Home Studio
- Mason Stain: Bermuda 6242 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Best Black 6600 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Chartreuse 6236 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Dark Turquioise 6374 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Ivy Green 6223 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Mango 6030 (0.5lb)
- Mason Stain: Tangerine 6027 (0.5lb)
- Respirator/N-99 Dust Mask**
- Sketchbook/Notebook**
- Spatuals
- Spoonulas
- Zipblock's: Small and Large
Optional Tools and Supplies
- Mason Stains. Anderson Ranch will provide a limited amount of Mason Stains. Students are welcome to bring their own.
- Packing Materials**
- T-Shirt for Screen Printing**
* Available for purchase in the studio.
** Available to purchase at the Anderson Ranch ArtWorks Store for 10% off.
Learn more about shipping supplies and artwork to and from the Ranch in the Student Handbook.
Lodging & Meals
Housing is limited and includes shared and private lodging options. Reservations will be managed on a first-come, first-served basis. The earlier you reserve housing, the better your chance of receiving your preferred option. Please note: Workshop costs do not include accommodations.
NEW: Tuition includes a welcome dinner and lunches. In our effort to foster a stronger sense of community and accessibility at Anderson Ranch, we include the welcome dinner and all lunches as part of the tuition for summer workshop students. Our hope is that this adjustment will encourage all students to come together to share meals and engage in meaningful conversations. The Ranch Café Meal Plan, which is included with Room and Board fees, strives to provide healthy, creative meals that will nourish your artistic creativity. Learn more.
We have established a Business Safety Plan with added layers of precaution that prioritize the health and safety of our staff, students, faculty and guests while continuing to provide you with the Anderson Ranch experience that you know and enjoy.
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Scholarships, College Credit & Discounts
Making Art Accessible
Applications for scholarship support are encouraged. Specific scholarships are funded by Ranch supporters, either through endowed funds or special gifts.
Many colleges and universities offer college credit for workshops taken at Anderson Ranch. Discounts are available for students and teachers.
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