This Workshop/Presentation will be an introduction to various images transfer techniques for claywork. Monoprinting, screening, stenciling, embossing and relief printing onto plaster and clay slabs will be covered during each 2-day session. How to create images in screens, relief blocks, stencils and clay seals will be demonstrated as well so participants can make their own printing tools.

Images and designs will be used as a means of personal expression to create the compositions. The clay surfaces will be used as canvasses for exploration printed imagery, color and text. The hand building technique used will be hollow form constructions using soft and stiff slabs to create a variety of forms. Multiple layers of color and texture will be created combining commercial underglazes, slips and other low-temperature finishes. All levels of experience welcomed.

To learn more about Paul's work visit his website at studio3artcompany.com

 
Biography:

Born in Miami, Florida and raised in Delaware, Paul Andrew Wandless currently lives and has his studio in the Philadelphia, PA area. His current body of work utilizes the figure/torso as a point of departure for visual narratives. Ceramic processes and printmaking techniques are combined to create wall mounted and freestanding clay sculpture, mixed media sculpture, prints and paintings. The works are abstract expressive self-portraits reflecting concerns, beliefs and musings of his surroundings and day-to-day experiences. His custom glazes combined with commercial materials are applied in multiple layers with multiple firings to create rich surfaces. Texture, text and bold colors are used to add context and content to the narratives. Printmaking techniques used in his clay work include, screening, stenciling, monoprinting, relief printing, and custom decals.

As a writer, Wandless authored Image Transfer On Clay (Lark Books, 2006) and co-authored Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques (Lark Books, 2004) and also writes articles for Pottery Making Illustrated magazine as a regular contributor. As an independent curator he specializes in exhibiting artists who utilize image transfer processes to create work. In 1999 he co-founded and maintains a multi-cultural artist website www.culturalvisions.org as a gallery and resource site. Wandless also co-founded the on-line magazine www.terracottamag.com which launched October 2006.

Wandless gives workshops regarding his art, techniques and research around the country and has taught as a visiting assistant professor since 1999 at different Universities while maintaining his studio work and activities. He’s currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Ceramics at Rowan University (NJ). Wandless is also the recipient of the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Minnesota State University, Mankato (2002) and the 2007 NCECA Outstanding Achievement Award for editing and creating the Demonstrating Artist Series on DVD. His clay work, prints, oil paintings and drawings are collected privately.

Wandless has been a Presidential Appointee to the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) since 2003 as the video editor for the demonstrating artists program. He served on the Board of Directors for NCECA as a Director-at-Large (2001– 2003), the Board of Directors for The Clay Studio of Philadelphia (2003–2006) and has been on the steering committee for the Philadelphia Sculptors since 2001. He holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University (’99), a Master of Art degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato (’97) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of Delaware (‘95).