Making Retreat and Wood Soda Firing At East Creek: 2 Days
Tue, May 23
|East Creek Art
Community making retreat at East Creek hosted by Joe Robinson and Aubrey Sloan. Material, firing, and wood fired pizza included.


Time & Location
May 23, 2023, 10:00 AM – May 24, 2023, 6:00 PM
East Creek Art, 12251 SW East Creek Rd, Willamina, OR 97396, USA
Guests
About the event
2 Day Making Retreat and Wood Soda Firing with Joe Robinson
Pay What You Want, 12 people max
Indoor/Outdoor. Beginner friendly.
Tuesday, May 23 10:00a- Wednesday May 24 6:00p
NEW Pay What You Want: this workshop includes space in the June catenary firing. At minumum, pay for your wood firing space and the studio time is on us. If you're doing well, please consider paying our suggested amount of $195 or more to support other artists who can only pay the minimum.
Join Joe Robinson and Aubrey Sloan for two days of wheel throwing and handbuilding making at East Creek’s beautiful indoor/outdoor studio space. Joe will share 20 years of experience and East Creek’s considerable studio tool suite.
Your work will be bisque fired and to be put in the June ChickenCat Wood Soda Firing, or picked up at East Creek at a later date.
Among other demos (including requests) Joe will demo and share: 50 lb, 2-part pot, Making/Using large slabs from East Creek’s industrial slab roller, making small additions to clay bodies, and attachment of handles to wet pots. Aubrey will demo carving techniques, and kurinuki vessel making. Demos and work time will be provided, and each participant can choose whether to attend each demo or keep working. Individual coaching and critique time will be built in to both days between demos. Questions about personal work and projects will be happily answered. On Monday night, we’ll make personal wood fired pizzas.
Included:
-Camping
-pizza dough/sauce are included, bring your own toppings and beverages.
-25 lbs of clay (additional clay avaible for purchase for $15.00 per bag, feel free to bring any clay you would like to use as well)
-2 cubic foot of bisque included
-2 cubic feet in the June ChickenCat wood soda firing
Dates for June ChickenCat Firing:
Loading/Firing: June 2-4, 2022 (Friday-Sunday)
Unloading: Friday June 9, 2022 at 11:00 am
**Add an additional day to your retreat on the ticket page. No Demos will be provided this day, but studio will be open and avaible for use and some support avaible throughout the day
*two tiny cabin accomodations are available in the tickets page for an extra charge.
Tickets
Workshop Registration
Includes materials and bisque firing. Also includes camping and pizza dough/sauce. BYO toppings and beverages.
Pay what you want
Sold OutMay 25 +add on studio day
May 25 additional making day. Extend you stay, and work in the East Creek Studio. No demonstrations will be happening on this day, but there will be studio support throughout the day
Pay what you want
Sale endedA-Frame Cabin Booking May 23
Private booking of the East Creek A-Frame cabin with 1 queen and 2 twin beds. The rustic cabin has no power and is a work in progress- think of it as a comfy alternative to a tent!
$125.00
Sale endedTiny Cabin Booking May 23
Private booking of 8x12' tiny cabin with full bed.
$95.00
Sold OutBunk House Bed Booking May 23
This is a shared accomodation space. You will be in a bunk house with up to 3 other workshop participants.
$35.00
Sale endedA-Frame Cabin Booking May 24
Private booking of the East Creek A-Frame cabin with 1 queen and 2 twin beds. The rustic cabin has no power and is a work in progress- think of it as a comfy alternative to a tent!
$125.00
Sale endedTiny Cabin Booking May24
Private booking of 8x12' tiny cabin with full bed.
$95.00
Sale endedBunk House Bed Booking May 24
This is a shared accomodation space. You will be in a bunk house with up to 3 other workshop participants.
$35.00
Sale ended