Biography:
Susie Winton
Website: www.susiewinton.com
About the Instructor:
With a background in drawing, painting, and sculpture, as well as a master?s degree with a concentration in ceramics, Susie Winton?s art as well as her classroom instruction, encompasses all of these mediums. Her work has been shown both locally and nationally, with honors including the NCECA Clay National, visiting artist and solo show at Georgia Southwestern University, Spruill Center Gallery Emerging Artist, Forward Arts Foundation nominee, fellowships at Maine?sWatershed Center for the Ceramic Arts and the Hambidge Center, and, most recently, as participant in a juried national all-women show organized by WCAGA and Agnes Scott College at Agnes Scott?s Dalton Gallery.
Teaching Style:
In the classroom, Susie works with students individually to help them develop their own unique vision within the framework of hand-built clay. The work may be functional or non-functional and may include materials other than clay.
Beginners will learn, with their hands in clay, the three basic methods of construction (pinch, coil, slab). They will be introduced to various techniques of surface treatment and be guided in their choice of projects. With all levels of students working on projects of their own choice and sharing with each other, beginners and the advanced learn from each other in a relaxed environment and at their own pace.
