The Expressive Figure with Claudia Olds Goldie

Workshop fee: $1,250 USD
(for details on what is included click here)

Deposit to register: $600 USD 

Join us for a five-day workshop where students will have the opportunity to work in a supportive and inspiring studio environment and be encouraged to develop their own sense of style.  Claudia, who is a full-time studio artist and educator with years of teaching experience, will be returning to Paloma Studio for the third time.  She will share her extensive knowledge of sculptural ceramics and help each student to problem solve, explore, and expand their own vision.  Students will learn to build medium size, hollow, figurative sculpture from slabs.  They are encouraged to work from imagination, photographs, drawings, or any other source of inspiration. 

Claudia packs her workshops with information rich demonstrations.  Starting with a slab, she will build a standing figure using a variety of techniques that combine to achieve a structurally sound sculpture with a high level of detail.  Proportions of the face, head, and figure, facial and gestural expression, movement, and design will all be discussed.  Claudia will also demonstrate how human and animal structures differ in both form and construction and how the inclusion of an animal or even another figure can enhance the narrative.