Wheel Throwing and Surface Design Workshop with Sanam Emami, CSU Professor
Wheel Throwing and Surface Design Workshop with Sanam Emami, CSU Professor
Friday July 19th 5:30pm (Lecture - free and open to the public)
Saturday 9:00-4:00 (Hands-on workshop, registered students only.)
Sunday 9:00-4:00 (Hands-on workshop, registered students only)
Taught by: Sanam Emami
Description: Learn more about Sanam Emami, Professor of Pottery at Colorado State University here. This class is limited to only 8 students and is best suited for those who have taken at least one wheel class or have some prior wheel-throwing experience.
Pots are containers for food and ideas. Pots are forms with endless variations of shape and surface. During this two day workshop, Sanam will be throwing pots for the table: serving dishes, plates, bowls, cups - and demonstrating surface decoration techniques with slip and stencils. Participants will have the opportunity to throw pots on the wheel, turn feet and experiment with a range of surface design possibilities including stencils, stamping and sprigging with colored slips and underglazes.
Artist Bio: Sanam Emami is a studio potter living in Fort Collins, CO with her husband Del Harrow and their son William. Currently, she is an Associate Professor of Pottery at Colorado State University. She received a BA in History from James Madison University in Virginia, and an MFA in Ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Ceramics at Alfred University, resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana, and has lectured at the Office for the Arts at Harvard University; the Kansas City Art Institute; Arizona State University Art Museum-Ceramic Research Center, and NCECA in Louisville, Kentucky. She received a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant for Craft and her work has been in exhibitions at numerous galleries across the country including The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston; The Art-Stream Nomadic Gallery; Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen; Schaller Gallery; Hostler Burrows.