Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts

Some experience is useful

From the whimsical to the austere, pouring vessels have an outsized place in the pantheon of pottery forms. Using wheel throwing and handbuilding, this intensive workshop will include demonstrations and hands-on work to address creating spouts and handles for all varieties of pottery forms.  Tyler will demonstrate sectional-throwing to increase scale, tips for creating new solutions to age-old questions of how to finish pieces with the additional complexity of appendages, and ways to prepare work for a high-temperature soda firing. Discussions about pottery design, craftsmanship, function, and inspiration will bring new ideas to the table. A soda firing is planned.

Tyler Gulden is a potter from mid-coast Maine. He received a BFA from Alfred University, a MFA from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and has been a studio potter for over 25 years. His pursuits in ceramics have included production pottery experience, residencies at Peters Valley Craft Center and Genessee Pottery, and positions as a studio technician at UMass Dartmouth and studio assistant to Chris Gustin. A passionate advocate for the crafts, Tyler has shared his knowledge and passion as a maker during twelve years as an administrator at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, through many workshops and teaching positions, as well as roles as a member artist and President of the Maine Crafts Association.

Course Fee: $500 + $75 Lab Fee + $40 Non-Refundable Registration Fee