Silkscreen Printing on Clay with Ruth McKinney Burket and Lora Shelley
November 19, 2022
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Instructor: Ruth McKinney Burket and Lora Shelley
Class Type: One-Day Workshop
Skill Level: All Levels
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Dates: Saturday, November 19
This class is currently full. Please email [email protected] to be placed on the waitlist.
For over five years Ruth McKinney Burket and Lora Shelley have been using silkscreen to collaborate on playful bowl designs for the WSW Chili Bowl Fest. They will be co-teaching this Saturday workshop and sharing what they’ve learned about silkscreen printing for clay. Students will be introduced to the basics of creating and transferring drawings through silkscreen onto a clay surface. There will be two three hour sessions with an hour lunch break. In the morning session, participants will work with Ruth and learn how to coat and expose screens of their black and white images and drawings, hand mix ceramic ink in various colors, and print their images onto newsprint. Lora will guide the second half of the class and focus on a number of ways to transfer the printed images onto the wet clay. Students will be introduced to a couple of the instructor’s favorite decorating techniques to complete the image.
$120.00 members/$138.00 non-members. Registration is online only, and is first come first serve. To inquire about the wait list call WSW at (845) 658-9133 or email [email protected].
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Artists
Ruth McKinney Burket
Ruth graduated with her MFA from SUNY New Paltz in 2011. She lives and works in the Hudson Valley NY where she manages the ceramic studio at Women’s Studio Workshop. Her favorite use of silkscreen transfers is as a catalyst for collaboration. For 12 years Ruth has been collecting the drawings of local artists, WSW residents, and studio interns and turning them into silkscreen transfers to produce collaborative surface decorations for the annual Chili Bowl Fest fundraiser. Most recently she has been printing handwritten food recipes and children’s drawings from around the world onto plates in her participatory social art project Feast For All Peoples. You can learn more about Ruth’s work on instagram at @ruth_mckinney_burket and her project website at feastforallpeoples.com .
Lora Shelley
RISD Graduate, Lora Shelley (BFA in Illustration ’94) has been exhibiting her work near and far for over 30 years. Lora’s work is in private collections around the globe from Africa to France, Italy, Germany and Australia with original paintings and print work found in the collections of actors, musicians as well as an American Ambassador. Her work has been featured in many publications — including the New York Times, Decor Magazine, Chronogram, The Valley Table, etc.
Primarily a painter and printmaker, Lora continues to experiment in diverse media — including fiber, wood and clay. Her clay work is more playful in nature. She is inspired by everyday moments. An animal lover, Lora depicts our shared experiences and relationships with the creatures around us. Through all of her work the thread of her passion and style is evident in her narrative imagery drawn from dream worlds: worlds of a kinder nature- where one has a moment of reflection to ponder life and feel in each piece one’s own story.
Lora has had a continued role for many years as a volunteer bowl painter at the Chilibowl fundraiser at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, where she teaches hand-building clay classes. Lora also teaches classes in Linocut and etching at the Neighborhood Print Studio in Kingston, NY — sharing her love for printmaking.
You can learn more about Lora’s work at lorashelley.com and Instagram @lorashelley