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Welcome to our collective. Check out our featured artists and upcoming events. Hope you have a nice stay!
Welcome to our collective. Check out our featured artists and upcoming events. Hope you have a nice stay!
The Denton Ceramics Collective holds some affordable workshops to help promote ceramics in the community. Our workshops may have a fee to help cover supply costs. Our members may also hold more technical multi-day workshops. Be sure to check out the workshop details below for more information on upcoming events.
Looking for ways to support the Denton Ceramics Collective so we can continue to offer free and low cost workshops to the community? Check out our Amazon Wish list for items needed to sustain the workshops.
10 AM - 4 PM
Cost: $175
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.dentonmakercenter.com/events-and-workshops to reserve your spot!
Students will learn to create a portrait of an animal character out of clay with Ariel Bowman. Demonstrations will include solid building and hollowing methods, animal textures and expressions. Discussions will include options for how to dress up your unique animal character with additions like clothes and hats. Finished sculptures will be around 6-8’’ in the largest dimension; students may choose to create a bust or wall hanging piece. Materials will be provided including clay (cinco blanco, cone 5-6), and pipe armatures, and basic wood modeling tools. One bisque firing will also be included for each participant.
Ariel Bowman earned her BFA in ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from the University of Florida. Ariel has been an artist in residence at the Armory Art Center and her work has been collected by the Belger Arts Center, the Florida Museum of Natural History, and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts.
All materials are provided.
Location:
Denton Maker Center
728 North Elm Street Denton, Texas 76201
1 PM - 5 PM
Cost: $75
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.dentonmakercenter.com/events-and-workshops to reserve your spot!
Perfect for all skill levels, this hands on workshop will teach you how to build a ceramic planter with the coil building technique. Additional skills taught will be how to make sculpted additions, carving, or texture to your planter. Students will make a beautiful, handmade planter unique to you.
All materials are provided.
Location:
Denton Maker Center
728 North Elm Street Denton, Texas 76201
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $75
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.dentonmakercenter.com/events-and-workshops to reserve your spot!
Students will master the art of shaping a hollow form into a pumpkin design, incorporating carving techniques, texture impressions, and utilizing a slab roller for added detail. Design a spooky Jack-o-lantern, an autumn pumpkin, or a unique gourd—let your creativity run wild in crafting your pumpkin masterpiece.
All materials are provided.
Location:
Denton Maker Center
728 North Elm Street Denton, Texas 76201
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $45
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.thebrownthumb.org/ to reserve your spot!
What will people be making: 1 Large Mushroom or two Medium Mushrooms you get to pick!
With the support of the The Brown Thumb, please join us for a evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you. Let’s get together and create some unique mushrooms!
1 PM - 5 PM
Cost: $300
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://fcsclayworks.com/ to reserve your spot!
Learn to make animals in clay with Ariel and Sweety Bowman!
Ariel will demonstrate solid building sculpture techniques, while her mother Sweety shares how to throw animal forms using the potter’s wheel. Each participant will get to make an animal sculpture using both methods. Thrown forms can be provided for any students who do not practice the wheel.
Students will learn unique ways of combining forming methods, how to make animal textures, and other elements like pillows, blankets, and clothing.
Please bring tools and a 25lb bag of grogged clay to work with. Tools and grogged clay may be purchased at Trinity Ceramics Supply Inc, or at the studio upon arrival.
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $45
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.thebrownthumb.org/ to reserve your spot!
What will people be making: A coil planter for a small plant or succulent.
With the support of the The Brown Thumb, please join us for a evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you. Let’s get together and create some unique planters!
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Cost: $750
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://blackberryhillartcenter.com/ to reserve your spot!
Walk on the wild side and learn to sculpt animals in clay!
In this 5 day hands-on workshop participants will create animals of their choosing using solid building methods.
Ariel will demonstrate the basics of solid construction and how to use an armature to create an 18 inch sculpture. Some clay sculpture experience is necessary for students who want to create larger pieces, but beginners are also welcome if they want to work smaller.
Clay modeling demonstrations will include a variety of techniques for sculpting animal anatomy and creating accurate proportions based on scientific observation. Discussions will focus on animal expression, gesture, and the use of maquettes and sketching to plan out larger works. Participants will learn how to hollow, reassemble, and detail their personal animal sculptures over the course of the workshop.
Ariel will also share her techniques for creating different animal textures including how to make silicone texture mats. Each student will create their own texture mats for future use. Other discussions will include creating environments and context for animal figures, and ways of making clay look like other materials by integrating mixed media with ceramics.
In the final days of the workshop, glazing animal sculpture will also be discussed including experimenting with commercial glazes and using slow cooling programs in electric kilns. Participants will have the opportunity to try out glazes and stains on test tiles that they create and plan a future surface for their finished sculptures.
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $45
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.thebrownthumb.org/ to reserve your spot!
What will people be making: 1 Large Mushroom or two Medium Mushrooms you get to pick!
With the support of the The Brown Thumb, please join us for a evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you. Let’s get together and create some unique mushrooms!
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $45
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.thebrownthumb.org/ to reserve your spot!
What will people be making: 1 Large Mushroom or two Medium Mushrooms you get to pick!
With the support of the The Brown Thumb, please join us for a evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you. Let’s get together and create some unique Mushrooms!
7 - 9 PM
Cost: $45
Registration: seats are limited Visit https://www.thebrownthumb.org/ to reserve your spot!
What will people be making: Qty 4 plant stakes each
With the support of the The Brown Thumb, please join us for a summer evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you. Let’s get together and create some unique plant stakes!
6 - 8 PM
Cost: Free! But tips are greatly appreciated ❤️
Pre-Registration: Not required, but seats are limited
Age Limit: 5+ (Children must have parental/guardian supervision)
What will people be making: 1 Holiday Ornament.
With the support of the Greater Denton Arts Council, please join us for a Winter evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you.
6 - 8 PM
Cost: Free! But tips are greatly appreciated ❤️
Pre-Registration: Not required, but seats are limited
Age Limit: 5+ (Children must have parental/guardian supervision)
What will people be making: 1 Fall-themed ceramic plate, your choice of a leaf or pumpkin.
With the support of the Greater Denton Arts Council, please join us for a Fall evening of creativity with clay. No previous clay knowledge or skill is needed to participate, and all materials are provided to you.