Land-Adventures: Ceramic Sculpture Workshop at Black Hound Clay Studio

In this members only, hands-on workshop, students will use pinch and slab building techniques to build unique sculptural objects from clay. Wire, plastic, or other mixed media pieces will be formed and incorporated into our sculptures, creating other-worldly, humorous inventions. Materials are provided, but feel free to bring any found objects or interesting bits that you might want to incorporate into your work.

Workshop includes 5lbs of clay and bisque firing.

Jill Allen is a studio artist currently living and working in the Philadelphia, PA area. Her sculptural objects are inspired by the curiosities of “other worlds,” such as the worlds of science fiction, technology, the microcosmos and the human imagination. While clay finds its way into most of her sculptures, Allen will incorporate wire, fabric, and any other material that seems necessary for the work at hand. Allen received a BFA from the University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, an MFA from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, and currently teaches ceramics and pottery at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, PA. Her work is featured in “The Ceramic Glaze Handbook” by Mark Burleson and “Handbuilding” by Shay Amber, and she has exhibited her work at The Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco, The Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in ME, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, and many others. When she is not in the studio or classroom, Allen enjoys traveling, exploring, contemplating, inventing, cultivating, and laughing, all of which inspire her studio practice.

Phoenixville, PA jillallenceramics.com