Mold-Making for Ceramics with Kira Straub
Thursdays, 6 Classes
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Offered For:
Fall Session One (Sept. 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22)
Fall Session Two (Nov. 5, 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17)
Price:
$265
Molds are an extremely useful tool for creating in clay. In this six-week class we will cover the basics of creating your own plaster and bisque molds that can be used for handbuilding, slipcasting, and surface design. Participants will learn the basics of slipcasting, and creative strategies for using their molds to create unique, dynamic work. After the end of six weeks students will have a strong foundational understanding of the technical skills needed to make molds that expand the possibilities of making in clay.
Class will be held at:
Morean Center for Clay
420 22nd St S
St. Petersburg, FL 33712
Artist Bio:
Kira Straub is a sculpture and installation artist who graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in 2024 earning a BFA in Studio Art with concentrations in Sculpture, Ceramics, and Community Art. Straub recently completed a month-long residency at Penland School of Craft and their work has been included in shows across Wisconsin at Var Gallery, Trout Museum of Art, Center for Visual Arts Wausau, and the Museum of Wisconsin Art. Their first work of public art was included in Sculpture Milwaukee’s 2023 exhibition Dear, Nature located at the 3rd St. Market Hall in downtown Milwaukee. For the past two years Straub has been working as Studio Manager at community art studio Tooth + Nail Milwaukee where they spend their days arm deep in buckets of clay.
