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Playing with Parts & Exploring Composition: A Workshop with Susan Beiner
Saturday – Sunday, May 22-23, 10am – 5pm
Fee: $190 members; $200 non-members
LECTURE: Friday, May 21, 7-9pm; free members; $5 non-members
 Susan’s work references design and patterning within the hybridization of nature, and has been described as “high drama, illusion and grotesque floridity”. During this 2-day demonstration workshop Susan will demonstrate how she makes her drain cast molds for slip casting anywhere from basic two-part to multi-part molds. Discussion will focus on understanding parting lines, draft and undercuts and utilizing negative space to one’s advantage. Further discussion will go towards materials, and various additional mold making techniques. One Sunday, Susan will demonstrate how she casts, alters and assembles pieces to create new forms. She will talk about both functional and sculptural compositions, as well as surface glazing.
Susan Beiner Received her MFA from The University of Michigan, and BFA from Rutgers University in New Jersey. Currently, she teaches at Arizona State University. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has received several awards and residencies. Susan’s ceramic work has been exhibited at The Mint Museum of Craft and Design; NC, Holter Museum of Art; MT, Princessehof Keramiekmuseum; Netherlands, Wustum Museum of Fine Art; WI , San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts; CA, as well as numerous galleries and universities around the country. In addition, she was an artist in residence at the Experimental Pottery Workshop, Jingdezhen, China (2008), the European Ceramics Workcentre, Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2007), The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA (2005-6), the International Ceramic Center, Guldagergard, Skaelskor, Denmark (2003), The Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts (2002 and 2004), Kohler Co., Arts/Industry program (1997). She has been published in several books including; Sexpots, by Paul Mathieu, The Ceramic Surface, by Matthais Ostermann, The Artful Teapot, by Garth Clark, Teapots Transformed by Leslie Ferrin, and Color and Fire;  Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics 1950-2000 by Jo Lauria to name a few. Her work is included in The Long Beach Museum of Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center, National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, Yixing Ceramics Museum, China as well as other permanent and privatecollections. |
