Tile-Making 101

Chanda Beck
Saturday June 21, Noon-5:00 PM
$80/$40 Current Members & UCB Students
Creating a handmade tile entails more than cutting a square of clay! In this one day workshop, we will discuss the different types of clay to use in tile making, how to minimize warping of clay, how to calculate the shrinkage and absorption of clay and simple techniques to create dimensionality in the clay surface using glazing, underglazing and other surface decoration techniques.

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