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Zentangle and Clay
September 15, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$60
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 patterns, or tangles, put together to form a Zen-tangle.” What we will be doing in this workshop is adding texture to a platter that you will make using stamps, that you will also make, in a manner consistent with zentangle design.
During the first workshop, 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, Sept. 22, 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 14 x 11 inches*. The final platter will be oven proof, dishwasher safe, and microwavable.
The last day (Sept 29) 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.
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Donna and I will be making prototypes for this class over the next couple of weeks so I hope to have better examples to show.
The class will meet September 15, 22, and 29 from 6 to 8 pm.
Prototype trays in process:
Here are examples of zentangle design used on pottery from the internet (It requires joining pinterest which is free); zen pottery