This 3-day workshop is an invitation to slow down and deepen your connection to clay and your creative voice. We’ll focus on simple thrown forms—bowls, cups, and cylinders—as a canvas for exploring aesthetics, texture, and personal expression. Through a blend of mindful making and playful experimentation, participants will examine how conscious choices in shape, surface, and repetition can be used to explore personal voice, intention, and presence in the studio.

About Vernon Smith:

Vernon Smith received his BFA in Ceramics from University of West Georgia and studied sculpture at the Arts Students League of New York. He’s been a studio assistant at Coleman Clay Studio in Las Vegas and completed a two-year residency at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center. He currently teaches ceramics at The Lovett School and works in his home studio in Decatur, GA.

Students are recommended to have a solid understanding of basic skills like centering, trimming, basic hand-building techniques. Materials will be provided.