Tony Clennell: 2 day demo

Name: Tony Clennell: 2 day demo
Start: 2025-01-18T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-19T17:00:00-06:00
Location: 386 Beach Blvd, Biloxi, MS, United States, Mississippi 39530

Schedule

Sat Jan 18 2025 at 09:00 am to Sun Jan 19 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

386 Beach Blvd, Biloxi, MS, United States, Mississippi 39530 | Biloxi, MS

Sat-Sun January 18 & 19, 2025: Two Day Throwing & Extreme Handle Demonstrations.
The workshop will focus on larger than life utilitarian pottery for occasional use. We will pay attention to the details on large casseroles, pitchers, bowls, baskets and plates so they may be used for celebration and presentation.
My specialty over the years has been sectional or composite throwing where I add many pieces together to make one vessel. I have also developed a signature with the use of thrown, pulled and hand built handles. Extreme handles are my specialty.
Recent work has included gestural marks and brushwork for a tactile geological surface to the work. The maker’s marks and details of process are what I am interested in leaving in the finished work.
Although I wood fire I have made my living for the past 2 decades almost exclusively glazing and firing a carbon trap shino glaze over multiple slips in a gas fired kiln.
Tony Clennell, MFA, RCA
Tony Clennell is a second generation potter that has taught workshops in Canada, USA, Japan, China, Korea, Wales, Portugal and Italy. He has a Master of Fine Arts from Utah State University and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He has written extensively for ceramic journals and is exhibited in museums and collections in North America, Europe and Asia. He is the author of “Stuck in the Mud”. He has also maintained a blog smokieclennell.blogspot.com since 2007.