Tile Making - Thursday Afternoons with Michelle Griffoul (11/3/22-12/15/22), 1-4PM
Dates: Thursday, November 3rd - December 15th (6 weeks)
- NOTE: Class will not meet Thanksgiving Week (Nov. 21-25)
Times: 1–4pm
Price: $380 (glaze, 1st bag of clay, firing, instruction and drop-in open studio time included). Tools ($20 + tax) and additional clay ($15-$35 per 25 lb bag) available for purchase at Clay Studio.
Description: Learn how to design and make your own beautiful tiles with master tile maker Michelle Griffoul. Over the course of 6 weeks, you will learn how to design and create your own custom tiles. These can be used in your home decor, including kitchen backsplashes, floor inlays, bathroom tiles, in your garden – the possibilities are endless. Michelle will give an overview of tile applications and installations for various projects, and will share slideshows of finished installations for inspiration.
Students will be encouraged to explore projects to push their newly learned skills with the support of an encouraging teacher.
Glazes in photo will vary and be different from work produced in class.
Drop-in open studio hours will be available for this course: Students are welcome to come in to Clay Studio during our Open Studio Lab hours to work independently on Sundays from 11AM-4PM, Mondays from 10AM-1PM, Tuesdays from 4PM-8PM, and Fridays from 10AM-1PM. Please note that Open Studio Lab hours are subject to change.
Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate: Starting February 1, 2022, Clay Studio will require all employees, teachers, members and students to be vaccinated in order to enter the studio. You must show your vaccination card, a photo of your vaccination card or your SMART Health Card Record from Ca.gov to a Clay Studio employee on your first day of class. You may also email a photo of the above to info@ClayStudioSB.org.
Instructor: Michelle Griffoul
About your instructor: Michelle Griffoul fell in love with clay over 50 years ago. In 1970 she began teaching and working as a production potter. Michelle has thrown, pushed, rolled, torn, pit fired, raku fired, high fired, low fired, sun baked, flocked, painted and otherwise stretched the acknowledged limits of clay. The consummate clay artist, she is a classically trained potter with the eye of a painter and the production skills and sensibilities of a manufacturing engineer.
While receiving her B.A. and M.F.A. in ceramics, she spent a year at the International School of Ceramics in Florence, Italy. Through numerous gallery shows and public art commissions, Michelle became recognized as a master of the ceramic arts.
Michelle started Michelle Griffoul Studios (M.G.S.) in 1985, designing and manufacturing custom porcelain tile. (www.michellegriffoul.com). She was one of a handful of female owned tile manufacturing studios in the world. She sold her custom tile and mosaics throughout the US in over 200 tile showrooms as well as in Germany and Japan. M.G.S. won the highest tile design awards in the world in 2014 as well as over $12,500 in prize money.
See her YouTube video “Michelle Griffoul Green” on green manufacturing methods for the tile industry. Her passion for clay has never wavered and she continues to share her extensive knowledge and skills with her students.