NCECA 2014: Ayumi Horie

Demonstrating Artist: Ayumi Horie Known for innovating a wheel technique involving no water, Ayumi will demonstrate dry throwing as a way to make bowls, plates, and match strikers. By using no water, a different texture, sensibility, and speed of making may develop that lays the groundwork for drawings to play off of. Ayumi will demonstrate sgraffito by drawing animal images on pots. Discussion will cover the role of social media, particularly Instagram, in the marketing of pots and how photographs can shift people's understanding of ceramics. Read less