Covered Jar and Sgraffito Webinar with Glynnis Lessing Tackle lidded forms and learn the best approaches to sgraffito decoration!

This workshop has concluded.

The recording will be posted to CLAYflicks in Fall of 2022!

Tackle lidded forms and learn the best approaches to sgraffito decoration!

In this 2-hour workshop, Glynnis Lessing will demonstrate how to throw a medium-sized oval jar and decorate it with sgraffito! Glynnis will cover throwing and ovaling the form, making a well-fitting lid, adding handles and knobs, how to have success with sgraffito, and much more!

You'll learn:

• Tips for throwing with persnickety porcelain (these skills are helpful with other clay bodies too!)
• Throwing a gallery in a vertical piece
• Ovaling a thrown piece with the bottom still in it
• Handbuilding a lid and making it fit just right
• All about applying slip for sgraffito—optimal texture and timing
• Using diluted tempera paint to sketch out designs
• Glynnis's favorite sgraffito tools and carving tips for sgraffito success
• and more!

This webinar is geared toward intermediate- to advanced-level potters (although beginners will find plenty of inspiration!)