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Lidded Vessles Workshop

This workshop will cover over 6 ways to create lids for ceramic vessels. Whether you're just learning how to throw a jar, or you're a veteran maker looking to refine your teapots, making a quality lid is an essential part of the process. 

In this workshop we will cover:

-How to throw a vessel that is properly suited for a lid

-6 different ways to create lids for any ceramic vessel

-How to use calipers to make lids that fit snugly

-The impact of clay shrinkage on the measuring process

-Basics of tap centering and water sealing to trim vessels and lids.

-Using silicon carbide to refine lids post firing

 

Materials: Bring your normal throwing tools, with calipers if you have them. A torch is helpful as well.

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About

Mark Lester

Mark is a native of Northeast Florida, and graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the University of North Florida. Finding value in the quiet spaces within nature from an early age, he created art of various sorts with differing media before settling on ceramics as a base medium for making. Since then he has experimented with glass, metal, and wood, frequently incorporating these materials into the work to add visual breath and suggest an interplay between differing contexts. The work itself draws influence from the quiet spaces that are created when activity ceases, often inspired by abandoned architecture and the interstices of natural formations. Mark currently lives in Atlantic Beach, and works and teaches around Florida and the East Coast.

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Double Walled Bottle, Brick, 2022

Double Walled Bottle, Brick, 2022

Double Walled Bottle, Brick, 2022

Double Walled Bottle, Brick, 2022

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Double Walled teapot with Bearing Stand Woodfired stoneware, porcelain

Double Walled teapot with Bearing Stand

Double Walled teapot with Bearing Stand Woodfired stoneware, porcelain

Double Walled Cannon Bottle with Bearing Stand, 2019

Double Walled Cannon Bottle with Bearing Stand, 2019 Stoneware, Porcelain, Steel Balls

Double Walled Cannon Bottle with Bearing Stand, 2019

Double Walled Cannon Bottle with Bearing Stand, 2019 Stoneware, Porcelain, Steel Balls

Double Walled Bottle, 2019

Double Walled Bottle, 2019 Woodfired stoneware

Double Walled Bottle, 2019

Double Walled Bottle, 2019 Woodfired stoneware

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