April 6 & 7, 2024
Saturday & Sunday
10:00am to 5:00 pm
with 1-hour lunch break each day

Discover the idiosyncrasies of working with porcelain on and off the wheel as Martha Grover demonstrates how to make her signature undulating functional forms. Martha will share her special throwing and altering techniques that exploit this elegant and sensuous material’s best qualities. Working with a variety of bottomless wheel-thrown forms and slabs in both the soft and leather-hard stages, Martha will demonstrate various altering techniques and additions of slabs, handles, and spouts to create an assortment of functional forms. Forms will include cups, bowls, vases, pitchers, lidded forms, and baskets. Martha will also talk about her sources of inspiration, philosophy of making, and studio practices.

Participants will have the chance to alter a pre-thrown, cylindrical form and attach a spout and handle to make a pouring vessel. Those not enrolled in an in-person course at the Ceramics Program for the Spring semester may have pieces created during the workshop bisque fired by the Ceramics Program for a cost of 4 cents per cubic inch. Participants will be notified when they may pick up their fired work.

Cost: Free for Harvard College Undergraduates, $250 for Adult Community and Harvard Graduate students.