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)
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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
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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
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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
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Quirky Creatures
Learn how to sculpt a playful, stylized animal of your choice !
Location: Green & Bisque Clayhouse, Pasadena, CA
Dates: Feb 21 -22, 2026
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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.