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Description
This demo-only workshop draws inspiration from the rich inventory of the historic General Store—ceramic crocks, enamelware, oil cans, bottles, flasks, and other functional wares. Using soft-slab construction techniques paired with simple molds and templates, the session will explore how these familiar “old-timey” forms can be reimagined in clay.
The day begins with an artist talk, followed by live demonstrations including cylinders, truncated cones, spouts, and handles. Throughout the session, we’ll also discuss exaggerating and altering forms, darting, surface treatments, texture, and thoughtful approaches to working in series.
Come ready to reinterpret tradition and expand your slab-building skills.
What to Bring
-Notebook + something to write with
Skill Level
This is a demo-only workshop geared towards teaching handbuilding processes/techniques. No experience is required to attend, but those who have some ceramics experience will benefit the most.
Logistics
Registered students will receive a “welcome” email one week prior to the start date.
Tom Hubbard
Tom Hubbard is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose practice includes ceramics, photography, mixed media, and public art installations. His minimalist approach often explores themes of loss, mobility, and the reinterpretation of industrial forms as elegant, ambiguous objects.
He has taught classes, led workshops, and shared his creative process as an instructor at the Harvard University Ceramics Program. His work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly and Ceramics: Art & Perception, as well as in lectures and public presentations. Widely exhibited in the U.S. and The Netherlands, his work is held in private and corporate collections including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art and the Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area. Notable commissions include projects for the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, and the City of Columbus, Ohio. He was recently named a McKnight Foundation Ceramic Artist and completed short-term residencies at the Northern Clay Center and Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts.
Born in San Francisco, Hubbard holds a BFA from Indiana University and now lives in Massachusetts with his wife and their rescue dog from Mississippi.
TERMS + CONDITIONS
Adults (18 or older) may register for classes & workshops at Chases Garage. Chases reserves the right to cancel courses, substitute instructors, change course times, and limit enrollment. The student agrees to abide by any and all rules and policies of the studios. Chases will assume no responsibility for any loss, personal or physical. With enrollment, a student consents to being photographed in classes (unless we informed in writing). These photographs may be used by Chases in future promotional efforts without specific written permission from the student.
WORKSHOP WITHDRAWAL & REFUND POLICY
50% refund (minus processing fee) if you withdraw 7 business days before the workshop date.
We are unable to refund you if you withdraw from the workshop less than 6 business days before the workshop date.