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Making a Writing/Drawing Tool
E. Saffronia Downing, Compass Sampler (Variation), 2023; stoneware and glaze, earthenware, glass, and stones from Chicago, Baltimore, Steuben, Waterville, and Bodega Bay; 90 x 90 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Elizabeth Herring.
Pastel Workshop with E. Saffronia Downing
Saturday, April 27, 2024
12:00–2:00 p.m.
Free
All ages
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Join us for a two-hour workshop when artist and educator E. Saffronia Downing demonstrates how to create “soil pastels” using clay foraged from the grounds of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Art Preserve. We will learn techniques for processing raw clay to create site-specific writing/drawing tools using locally sourced materials. Participants will be invited to contribute to the large-scale collective drawing and writing projects in Studio 1 at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting a little dirty. You will leave the workshop with your own soil pastels to take home.
Artists/Scholars
Programming such as Making a Writing/Drawing Tool and the 50th Anniversary of Arts/Industry is supported by the Kohler Trust for Arts and Education, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, Kohler Co., the Frederic Cornell Kohler Charitable Trust, Kohler Foundation, Inc., and the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. Arts/Industry is a unique collaboration between the John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Kohler Co.
