Join us for this multimedia fusion workshop where clay and mindfulness combine for an uber creative experience. Certified zentangle teacher, Donna Spencer, will start the first of 3 classes to share her knowledge of zentangle. Zentangle is defined as ” a form of meditative doodling that has repeating patterns, or tangles, put together to form a Zen-tangle.” This fun and relaxing art has numerous applications beyond how it will be used in this workshop. (Tied up on zoom meetings – pull out your zentangle designs and make the meeting more productive!) . No experience or artistic ability is required…if you can write your name, you can create beautiful Zentangle designs!
What we will be doing in this workshop is adding texture to a platter that you will make using stamps, that you will make, in a manner consistent with zentangle design.
During the first class, January 3, Donna will lead you through some selected zentangle patterns. You will take that knowledge to create a zentangle design of your own on paper – about the size of the eventual platter you will make. You will then take that knowledge and create clay stamps which will be used on your own clay platter.
The next week, January 10, you will make a clay platter. Your stamps will have been “fired”, so that they will be hard enough to stamp the clay, and can be used on your platter. The platter is about 5 by 12 inches*. The final platter will be oven proof, dishwasher safe, and microwavable.
The last day (January 17) of the workshop, week 3, will be spent refining your platter and glazing.
The combination of clay, where you take a lump of clay and turn it into something beautiful and functional, and zentangle, is surely one of the most mindful activities ever created.
Here is a fun example of how one potter uses stamps in his pottery.
Join us for this multimedia fusion workshop where clay and mindfulness combine for an uber creative experience. Certified zentangle teacher, Donna Spencer, will start the first of 3 classes to share her knowledge of zentangle. Zentangle is defined as ” a form of meditative doodling that has repeating patterns, or tangles, put together to form a Zen-tangle.” This fun and relaxing art has numerous applications beyond how it will be used in this workshop. (Tied up on zoom meetings – pull out your zentangle designs and make the meeting more productive!) . No experience or artistic ability is required…if you can write your name, you can create beautiful Zentangle designs!
The last day (January 17) of the workshop, week 3, will be spent refining your platter and glazing. 
