*SPECIAL DEMO* Throwing Large Vessels Off the Hump w/ Gloria Jue-Youn Han - 1 Day

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Date/Time: Saturday January 18th from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.

Workshop Description:

In this 1-hour demo, Gloria will demonstrate traditional Korean wheel throwing methods for throwing off the hump. During this demonstration, Gloria will demonstrate Korean traditional methods for throwing off the hump. These methods include centering 20 lbs of clay for throwing off the hump, focusing on ways that conserve energy and strength, making 10 lb vessels without a batt or torch, and tips for cutting pots off the hump. She will show some basic forms that are essential for learning these methods: a bowl (sabal), three kinds of bottles, and chucks for trimming. In addition to wheel throwing, Gloria will be introducing basic Korean tools and how to use them. This demonstration will serve as a rehearsal for her presentation at the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.

All profits for this demo will go to the Point of Pride Organization for Trans Rights Advocacy. With anti-trans legislation in effect in Utah, it’s important to us to support pro-trans charitable organizations as we are attending NCECA this year. This is a sliding scale workshop, please donate what you can afford. Every person who makes a $100 donation will receive one free bag of PSH 519 clay. This is a sliding scale workshop, please donate what you can afford. Every person who makes a $100 donation will receive one free bag of PSH 519 clay.

About the Instructor: 

Gloria Jue-Youn Han makes art that investigates how traditions are altered, adapted and created anew by diasporic peoples. She draws connections between her experience as a first-generation Korean Canadian daughter of immigrants and the ways in which traditions survive through tumultuous events in history. In this connection, she is able to use craft to communicate moments of extreme care, commitment, intimacy and love.   

Han received the BC Arts Council Early Career Development Grant to partake in a mentorship with master potter Clay Jung Hong Kim and potter Sylvia Kim to increase the rigour in her ongoing studies in traditional Korean ceramics. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, and her Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gloria Han lives in Coquitlam and teaches at Langara College, Vancouver, and Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver. 

Demo Details:

Location: The Clay Warehouse - #11-1770 McLean Ave. Port Coquitlam, BC, V4C 4K8

Dates/Times: Saturday January 18th from 4:30pm to 5:30pm.

What to Expect: 

Gloria Han will be giving a demo that has a maximum run time of one hour to simulate the same time constraints given at at the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. However, Gloria will be open to answering questions before and after her demo.