Instructor: Jeff Shapiro
Monday - Friday
August 10 - 14
9am - 1pm
Open Studio: Mon - Thurs, 1pm - 4pm
5 sessions

In this class, participants will explore “letting go’  rather than totally controlling the outcome of the forming process. This will happen as collaboration between the use of clay with character, and a more spontaneous approach to forming and trimming. Hand tools will be made and used for trimming for either hand building, or loose wheel thrown forms, especially for smaller items such as sake cups and tea bowls.

Jeff Shapiro was born in the Bronx, NY in 1949. He presently works and lives in upstate NY with his wife Hinako.  He studied ceramic arts while living in Japan for 9 years from 1973-1981. His work has been exhibited internationally in: Germany, France, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Canada, England, and Japan. His work can be found in numerous Museum collections including: The Carlo Zauli Museum, Faenza, Italy, The Massachusetts Museum of Fine Art, Boston MA, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, The Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, The Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA. He has given workshops and seminars in many countries around the world, and has built 2 wood fire kilns in Italy.

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