Workshop with
Carol Gouthro
Image Transfer on Clay (All Levels)
2022 (Dates TBD)
$150*
Join us for “Image Transfer on Clay”, a one-day, technique-based workshop with Carol Gouthro. Due to COVID-19, the workshop originally scheduled to be held on Sept. 18, 2020 at Karen Russo Studio in Elmira, OR has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled in 2022, with a specific date to be determined. Registration information is located at the bottom of the page.
*Carol will also teaching a five-day, ceramic sculpture workshop in 2022 at Karen Russo Studio. If you register for both the ‘Ceramic Sculpture’ and ‘Image Transfer on Clay’ workshops, you will receive a $25 discount for the ‘Image Transfer on Clay’ workshop fee.
This one-day workshop will cover a variety of techniques to incorporate photographs and copy machine images, text, and drawings onto your ceramic pottery or sculpture. Anything that can be photocopied can be easily transferred to your ceramic work using either toner transfer techniques or iron transfer decals. The resulting images are sepia toned.
We will also experiment with a variety of ways to incorporate color and pattern into your transfer images. Students will bring their own wet clay, leather hard green ware for toner transfers, and fully glazed ware for decals.
Artist Biography
Carol Gouthro, a graduate of the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Canada, is a Seattle-based ceramic artist and educator who has been maintaining a studio practice and exhibiting for over 40 years. Carol has taught workshops internationally, as well as in numerous locations in Canada and the United States. She has been a ceramics instructor at the Seward Park Clay Studio in Seattle, WA and the Kirkland Arts Center in Kirkland, WA for over 25 years.
Carol has an extensive exhibition record of solo, invitational, and juried exhibitions, including the current installation of her work in the forum at the Bellevue Arts Museum in Bellevue, WA, which has been on-view for the past year. Other recent shows include "Profusion" at Eutectic Gallery in Portland, OR, "The Subversive Flower" at the NCECA Conference (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) in Pittsburgh, PA, and "Biomophics" at Studio Amoca in Pasadena, CA. Carol is represented by Gallery IMA in Seattle, WA.
Carol’s ceramic works have been published in many books and periodicals, including the Mar. '18 and Mar. '16 issues of Ceramics Monthly. Her ceramic works are included in many public and private collections, including the Racine Art Museum, Kamm Teapot Foundation, and Kolvo/Sullivan Ceramic Collection.
Artist Statement
“At the core of my ceramic work is the vessel which has many associations including ripening, sexuality, and transformation. I am drawn to ornament, embellishment, color, and pattern. I have a strong interest in detail and minutiae. When I start working on a new piece I am often responding to something that I have seen that captivates me. It might be something very small, something in my garden, a seed, or flower petal, or it might be something I have seen in my tool drawer like the elegant line of a plastic French curve, or I might be stimulated by one of the many clay studies, bits and pieces of inspirational detritus that accumulate on my studio shelves over time. Sometimes it is language that motivates me. Words like ‘Articulatus’ and ‘Laciniatus’ invite interpretation. As I start working, I am only interested in abstracting and translating these stimuli and feelings into a tangible, evocative object.”
Please note: All images are attributed to Carol Gouthro.
Registration Information
$150 fee includes:
Instruction
Demonstrations
Sample greenware tile
12-student enrollment
First-come, first-served
Open to all experience levels!
No bisque firing provided
Workshop Location
Contact Karen Russo
Information about Carol Gouthro