The Plaster Block

Chanda Beck
Saturday June 14, Noon - 5:00 PM
$80/$40 Current Members & Students
With a cardboard box and a bit of plaster, you can create new magic in your clay production. In this one day class, we will discover the myriad of ways to use a single block of plaster. You will learn how to mix plaster, make sprig and press molds, and create clay stamps using one side of the plaster block. With the other side of the plaster block, we will discover ways of monoprinting -- a simple and effective printmaking technique using clay and casting slip.

Chanda Beck received her second Bachelor's degree in Ceramics at the California College of the Arts (and Crafts). She has studied pottery, mosaics, tile-making and sculpture for over ten years. Chanda currently splits her time as a part-time Buyer at Leslie Ceramics Supply, as a co-owner of a kiln firing business called Campfire Gals Kiln Co., and runs her own business, Ezme Designs, focusing on handmade and slip-cast functional ware. She has also completed a couple of public art commissions made from tiles. Check out her portfolio at:

www.ezmedesigns.com