Hands-On Pottery Workshop with Emily Reason
Wild Acres Retreat August 26-30, 2013
Registration Form
Name:
Mailing Address:
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Lodging (check one):
□ I will share a room with:
□ Please assign me a roommate
Please take a moment to answer some questions:
Do you have digital images of your work that you can bring to share with our group?
What topics are you interested in covering during our workshop?
In what areas of your clay craft would you like to improve?
Workshop fee: $600 includes room and meals. There is an additional charge for clay.
*Deposit: $300 reserves your space, balance due August 1
*Please make your $300 deposit check payable to Emily Reason Ceramics. The
remaining $300 balance is due July 26, 2013.
Send checks & Registration Form to:
Emily Reason Ceramics
115 Blanahassett Island
Studio 109
Marshall, NC 28753
Cancellation Policy
A full refund will be issued for cancellations made by July 26, 2013.
Hands-on Pottery Workshop with Emily Reason
This workshop will be structured to suit participants’ needs, so bring your
questions and requests. We’ll focus primarily on wheel skills and address surface
treatment. Forms we’ll explore include cups, pitchers, plates and serving pieces.
Achieving intent and recognizing characteristics of quality will be our goals to develop
good habits and improved skills. One of the greatest benefits of a workshop like this is
the dialogue that we share as we work together. Ongoing discussions about inspiration,
aesthetics, function, education and marketing enrich this experience. Each day we’ll
engage in demonstrations, hands-on time, discussion and reflection over tea or cocktails.
We conclude Friday with a studio tour of the Penland and Marshall areas.
Skill level: Intermediate-Advanced
Workshop fee: $600 includes room and meals. There is an additional charge for clay.
Deposit: $300 reserves your space - due June 26, balance due August 1
For further information and registration contact Emily Reason
reasonpots@gmail.com, 828-442-9687, or download the registration form at:
www.emilyreason.com
Additional Information
Given the short time we have, please understand that you may not be able to take
home fired work.
We’ll have the Wild Acres pottery studio to ourselves however, we’ll be sharing
the dining and housing facilities with other groups. As housing space is limited, I ask
that you share a room with someone else in our group. Each room has a private bath with
linens and towels provided. Rooms may be on upper level floors so please let me know if
you require a floor-level room. The cafeteria serves 3 family-style meals a day. Your
room and meals are included in the workshop fee. Provided meals begin at dinner
Monday and end with breakfast Friday.
Wild Acres is situated in a truly unique and beautiful location, about an hour
north east of Asheville, NC. If you’re traveling from out of the area, I encourage you to
stay the weekend following our workshop to take in the scenery, craft and culinary
delights western North Carolina has to offer. I will provide a list of places to visit, eat
and stay.
Please visit www.WildAcres.org for FAQ’s, location and further information. I
share their philosophy in preserving an educational and retreat-like experience.
About Emily
Emily Reason is a full time potter and part time pottery instructor. She received a
Bachelor of Fine Art degree from West Virginia University with a minor in Art History.
Emily has completed two artist residencies and currently operates a studio in Marshall,
NC. She is the author of Ceramics for Beginners: Wheel Throwing, published by Lark
Books and exhibits her functional porcelain and stoneware ceramics nationally.
What to bring
 Visit www.WildAcres.org for suggestions about attire
 Apron, towel, throwing, trimming & carving tools, bats (plaster if you want to
make plates)
 Clay of your choice (or, clay will be available for purchase during the workshop)
 Inspirational picture or object
 Digital images of your work on flash drive/laptop (home, studio, family, etc...)
 Camera
 Sketchbook
 Quotes to share
 Coffee mug, + one mug/cup to trade
 A favorite pot that you made
Our workshop schedule
Monday August 26
4-5pm: Check-in sleeping rooms
5-6pm: Check-in at the pottery studio
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Cocktails/ object-share/ pot-share/ cup demo (tbd)
Tuesday August 27
8am: Breakfast
9am-12pm: Demo/ hands-on throwing
12:30pm: Lunch
2-6pm: Demo/ work time/ afternoon tea
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Cocktails and Emily’s slide presentation
Wednesday August 28
8am: Breakfast
9am-12pm: Demo/ work time
12:30pm: Lunch
2-6pm: Demo/ work time/ afternoon tea
6pm: Dinner
7:30pm: Cocktails and slides from the group
Thursday August 29
8am: Breakfast
9am-12pm: Demo/ hands-on throwing
12:30pm: Lunch
2-6pm: Demo/work time
7:30pm: Dinner
Friday August 30
8am: Breakfast
9am-11am: Clean studio, check-out
11am-6pm: Depart Wild Acres & *Tour: Penland (lunch @ Penland Coffee shop),
Energy Xchange, Alex Matisse’s Studio, Emily’s studio, Flow
*Friday Studio Tour
You can’t leave western NC without touring some studios. Covering about 65
miles, the tour begins at Penland and ends at my studio in Marshall. We’ll travel
caravan-style with our own vehicles and have lunch at the Penland coffee house.
I recommend out-of-towners make arrangements to stay in the area Friday night.
Heck, stay the weekend and take in as much of western NC as you can! I have PLENTY
of suggestions.