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Tile Carving by Hand: Craft Your Own Pottery Tile with Christine
with Christine Schwandt
Tile Carving by Hand: Craft Your Own Pottery Tile with Christine
Saturday, August 1, 10:30 AM to 2 PM
Includes a half hour lunch break in the courtyard with live music
Member Price $120, Non Members $135
All materials included
No experience necessary
Join ceramic artist Christine Schwandt for a hands-on workshop where you will create a one-of-a-kind 5x5 inch tile from pottery clay. Whether you are brand new to clay or have some experience, this welcoming session offers a rewarding introduction to hand-building techniques.
Christine will demonstrate slab construction, texture application, and other essential skills to help you craft a sturdy, expressive tile. You will be encouraged to design your tile with personal flair, incorporating patterns, symbols, or meaningful designs.
Once your piece is shaped and carved, Christine will handle the professional firing and glazing process. Finished tiles will be returned to the Sam Maloof Foundation for pick-up, fully glazed and ready to display.
All materials including clay and tools are provided. Just bring your creativity and a willingness to explore
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn from a master ceramicist and create a meaningful piece of art with your own hands.
Please bring a sack lunch.
Artists Biography
Christine Schwandt is a ceramic artist whose creative path began when her teaching career led her into the ceramics studio. This experience ignited a deeper exploration of the medium and continues to shape the evolution of her artistic practice. Working primarily with stoneware clay, Christine creates wheel-thrown forms inspired by the simplicity and functionality of Scandinavian design, a movement known for its clean lines, purposeful minimalism, and focus on everyday beauty.
Christine is drawn to making utilitarian objects that bring quiet elegance to daily life. The deliberate pace of pottery offers her a grounding counterbalance to a fast moving world, allowing each vessel to become both a meditative act and a canvas for design. She is especially interested in working creatively within constraints, often using a single visual element such as a repeated shape or line to build striking and graphic patterns across her forms.
Her work reflects a thoughtful balance of form, function, and visual rhythm, inviting viewers to appreciate the harmony found in simplicity.
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