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Dates: June 13 & 14 and 20 & 21
Times: 10am - 4pm w/ 1 hr lunch
Level: All
Membership Price: $300 (Members use discount code MEMBERS10 at checkout to receive 10% off)
Workshop Description: Ever saw a lamp at a store and felt inspired to make one with your own personal touch? A lamp can be more than a functional fixture; it can resemble a symbolic organ that brings heat, warmth, and or contemplation into your space. It comes from the maker's intention and we can get funky building sculptural lamps. This workshop is an opportunity for you to make a sculpture and a functional show stopping piece for your room. This class is welcome to all skill level from beginners who want to try on a new creative challenge to intermediate hand builders who are ready to make more complex experimental forms.
About the Instructor: Jo Ko is a first-generation Chinese American, self-taught ceramic artist based in her hometown of Oakland, California. She earned her BFA in Design from San Jose State University in 2013 and spent ten years working across the design industry—from nonprofit documentary storytelling to art direction in the photo world. After years of creative work in digital spaces, Jo was drawn to ceramics as a more tactile, expressive medium. A single workshop revealed her ability to translate her design knowledge into sculptural form, allowing her concepts to evolve more freely through hands-on, intuitive making. Jo’s sculptural work is rooted in the surreal and organic, often drawing inspiration from imagined organisms and ambiguous forms. Her process embraces unpredictability and transformation.
She has exhibited at CCACA, SOMArts, Julie Steingart Gallery, and Cult Aimee Friberg.
Required Materials: 1 bag of clay (included in class fee), serrated metal rib, soft blending tool, wooden rib, needle tool
Optional Materials: Moodboards and images for inspiration!