Upcoming Workshop

The Features: An Online Workshop

Have you ever sculpted a face and found the features looking flat or out of proportion? In this four-and-a-half-hour online workshop, we will break down the sculpting of individual facial features, including the eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, to better understand their anatomy, structure, and spatial relationships.

I will demonstrate how to approach each feature by breaking down complex forms into simple, manageable steps. Using a combination of additive and reductive techniques, we will sculpt each feature in solid clay before hollowing it out from the back. Drawing from my own sculpting journey and teaching experience, I have found that working solid allows you to focus on proportion, volume, and anatomy without the added challenge of building and maintaining the structure of a hollow form.

Whether you're a beginner looking for guidance or a more experienced sculptor hoping to refine your figurative work, this workshop will provide practical techniques, and a stronger understanding of facial anatomy to help you sculpt more dimensional, expressive, and convincing features in clay.

Workshop Includes:

  • Material List + Tool Recommendations

  • Hand-Drawn Reference Guide

  • Photographic references + Book Recommendations

  • Live Demonstrations + Tips and Tricks

  • Q & A

  • Recorded Class Link for 30 days

Level: All Levels Welcome
Location: Online (Zoom)
Dates: Saturday, November 21st, 2026

9AM-1:30PM

The Features

Past Workshops (2026)

  • Shape to Figure

    Spend a week bringing a figure to life! Using slabs, templates, and reference images, you’ll build a hollow form in parts, assemble and refine it, and finish with patterned surface decoration to tell a story.

    Location: Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA

    Dates: June 7 – 13, 2026

  • Expressive Figures

    Learn how to sculpt a half-life-sized figure (from head to toes) in this one week workshop!

    Location: Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Edgecomb, ME

    Dates: April 27 – May 1, 2026

  • Clay Heads

    Create a life-sized ceramic head in this 2-day slab-building workshop.

    Location: The Pottery Atascadero, CA

    Dates: Feb 28–March 1, 2026

  • Quirky Creatures

    Learn how to sculpt a playful, stylized animal of your choice !

    Location: Green & Bisque Clayhouse, Pasadena, CA

    Dates: Feb 21 -22, 2026

  • Big Heads

    In this two-day workshop, students will create a larger-than-life head of a person of their choice.


    Location: Juniper Clay Shop, Joshua Tree, CA.
    Dates: Saturday & Sunday, August 1–2.

  • Big Heads

    In this two-day workshop, students will create a larger-than-life head of a person of their choice.

    Location: Petaluma Pottery, Petaluma, CA.
    Dates: Saturday & Sunday, August 8–9.

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