Shalya Marsh Workshops
Unlocking Terra Sigillata:
Date: January 18th, 2025
Time: 1:00PM - 3:00PM EST
Virtual Workshop
ARE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT TERRA SIGILLATA? DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE IT, APPLY IT, AND CREATE WITH COLOR?
The Unlocking Terra Sigillata workshop will give you the skills and confidence you need to make and use Terra Sigillata* in your studio with simple tools you likely already have on hand.
This virtual workshop will focus on both the technical aspects of making, applying, and burnishing Terra Sigillata, and will teach you how to create custom colors, layered applications, and weathered surfaces that bring personality to your pots. While Terra Sigillata is historically used on earthenware at low temperatures, this workshop will also explore uses for mid and high fired ceramics. We’ll also be covering how Terra Sigillata and glaze interact.
Cut it Out:
Digitally Cut Stencils for The Ceramic Surface
On Demand - Virtual Workshop
Do you want to create more dynamic and personalized surfaces on your pots? In this on demand virtual workshop, you will learn how to create and use multiple types of stencils for embellishing the ceramic surface. We’ll cover everything from simple paper and vinyl stencils, to using craft foam and tar paper to create stencils that add texture to your work.
Screen Printing For Clay
On Demand Virtual Workshop
HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO PRINT ON CLAY OR MAKE YOUR OWN UNDERGLAZE TRANSFERS BUT WERE TURNED OFF BY COMPLICATED AND MESSY EMULSION BASED SCREEN PRINTING?
You’re in luck! In this virtual workshop, hand-builder, tile maker, and digital wizard Shalya Marsh will demonstrate her approachable strategies for creating silkscreens using digitally cut vinyl. Demonstrations will focus on how to make heat transfer vinyl silkscreens, direct printing on clay, using silicone Gelli plates to transfer prints to bisqueware, and making and applying your own underglaze transfers.
My Favorite Things
Ever wondered where I picked up my Glue Free Silkscreen Frames? I have created a comprehensive list of the supplies and materials that I use in my studio and workshops. This list has all the links!
Workshops
Interested In Hosting a Workshops?
Contact me if you would like to host a workshop, and I would be happy to forward more information on scheduling & pricing. Workshops can be customized for any number of days at any venue (art center, pottery studio, guild, university, or college). Below are some sample descriptions.
Workshops can be hands-on or lecture/demo only and typically include:
Slide presentation of my work (past & current) plus images of other people in the field using craft cutters to make amazing work.
Demonstrations of various surface decoration techniques, including using digitally cut stencils, making heat transfer vinyl silkscreens (for underglaze transfers, direct print on clay and more). For workshops with a hands-on component, I come prepared with precut materials that I encourage folks to test out.
Demonstrations on file prep, software interfaces, and using a craft cutter to cut various materials.
Discussions about what craft cutter suits your needs, how to create or find images to cut, materials to cut, and how they can be used to create dynamic ceramic surfaces.
Question and answer sessions are my favorite part about teaching, longer hands-on workshops may include one-on-one discussions and ideas, and process.
Cut it Out: Digitally Cut Stencils for Dynamic Ceramic Surface
Course description:
Do you want to create more dynamic and personalized surfaces on your pots? In this workshop you will learn how to use a craft cutter to create stencils that will work on the ceramic surface!
In this workshop, Shalya Marsh will demonstrate her unique strategies for using craft cutters (such as the Silhouette Cameo and Cricket Maker) to cut stencils for dynamic ceramic surfaces. Whether you’ve already got a craft cutter, or are thinking of getting one*, this workshop will introduce you to a variety of ways to make and use stencils, and it includes a ton of great bonus resources.
Not a fan of technology? This process also works with hand-cut stencils!
DIY Screen Printing for Clay
Course description:
Have you always wanted to print on clay or make your own underglaze transfers but were turned off by complicated and messy emulsion-based screen-printing? Fear no more, in this workshop, Shalya Marsh will demonstrate her unique strategies for creating silkscreens using digitally cut vinyl. Demonstrations will include how to make heat transfer vinyl silkscreens, printing on clay, and making and applying underglaze transfers.
Contact me
For more information on about workshops scheduling & pricing.
