Wally Asselberghs will journey from Belgium to lead an intense exploration of the theory and practice of “naked raku,” a technique he has specialized in since 1995. Participants will experience this raku-based process which uses sacrificial slip and glaze layers as catalysts to capture patterns and surface textures left behind by smoke and fire.
Participants will apply slip & glaze to their previously bisque-fired work (stoneware Cone 08) then fire in a raku kiln. Works will be reduced in a post-fire smoke to penetrate underneath creating shading, specks, and irregular crack patterns. The egg shell layer of slip and glaze is then peeled and scrubbed off, revealing the smoke effects bonded to the bare clay.
Wally Asselberghs received his ceramic training in Antwerpen Belgium. He has been working in clay for more than 35 years, with an original emphasis on stoneware ash glazes and western Raku.
Email us for his entire biography, which includes workshops across American and Europe, articles in leading Clay books and Magazines and many prizes for his pottery.
WHERE: Tucson Clay Co-op
3326 North Dodge Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85711
WHEN: Friday March 12, slide show and welcome the guest artist party – free – from 6 to 9 pm
Sat and Sun March 13 & 14 from 10 am til 6 pm
$115 for SACA members, $125 non members
Workshop is limited to 15 participants.
To register mail checks to the Tucson Clay Co-op, with name of workshop, your phone number, address and email. You will receive a package from Wally about how to prepare for the workshop.
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