January 29-31, 2027
Tim Ludwig & Bede Clarke: Clay as Canvas
This 3-day immersive, hands-on workshop will explore wheel and hand-built pottery/sculpture, and drawing/painting on clay with a focus on building a personal approach to form and
imagery/design (abstract and representational).
Students are encouraged to bring sketches, visual resources and ideas for imagery they would like to explore.
Demonstrations, power-point lectures and group discussion in this workshop will focus on
basic forming and painting skills, but more, we will look to discover the potential of a curious
and sensitive dialogue between the artist, the pot/sculpture, line, color and imagery.
Forms created will be decorated with a direct and simple approach to painting with an earthenware underglaze. Technically, we will cover earthenware clays, slips and glazes, the use of colored slips/engobes for painting on pots and sculptural form, and approaches to imagery.
Suitable for beginning –advanced levels, or, for drawing/painting students wishing to crossover into clay work.
10am-3pm daily
$350/person
Cancellation Fee: $50
No Refunds/Cancellations after December 1, 2026
Make it a retreat and stay on property for a fully immersive experience!
Limited housing available, please contact valerie@moreanworkshopspace.org directly for availability. Cost is $150 (total) for up to 4 nights as needed for travel accommodations.
Meet the Artists (and more about the Workshop):
Meet Bede
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People often comment about the range of my work and I guess I have always cast a pretty wide net in terms of my exploration of clay.
Pots and the vessel have held the center but there has been a strong overlay of interest in drawing, color and leaving a trace of the hand.
I don’t know, but it seems natural to me that given a restless sp
People often comment about the range of my work and I guess I have always cast a pretty wide net in terms of my exploration of clay.
Pots and the vessel have held the center but there has been a strong overlay of interest in drawing, color and leaving a trace of the hand.
I don’t know, but it seems natural to me that given a restless spirit and a creative discipline one would get into a lot of mischief.
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List coming soon.
Note: Since this is a hands-on workshop in which students may be making new work or simply
painting on green-ware and bisque-ware, actual student needs will be quite varied.
Meet Tim
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Meet Tim
I am fortunate to get up everyday and have the opportunity to express myself through an artistic process.
I make choices whether to do that or participate in other aspects of my life. Regardless, I still embrace the artistic side of my life with pretty much everything I do. I look at my work with a passionate desire to strengthen and
I am fortunate to get up everyday and have the opportunity to express myself through an artistic process.
I make choices whether to do that or participate in other aspects of my life. Regardless, I still embrace the artistic side of my life with pretty much everything I do. I look at my work with a passionate desire to strengthen and expand my mind as I continue to make ceramic pots I feel good about. The forms are memories and visions from my experiences living around creative development. Images are growth patterns taken from time reflecting on my life.