March 28th-April 1st, 2019
Schedule: Thursday 2pm-9pm
Friday-Monday 10am-5pm
Cost: $500 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)

The studio is located in the lovely Bee Tree valley, just east of Asheville NC.

This will be an extra long weekend workshop format. We will begin on Thursday in the afternoon to get started right away working on projects, and then have dinner together with an image presentation and discussion. The workshop will end on Monday afternoon, but the studio will be open for a few days following the workshop if you want to stay and finish up your sculpture without instruction.

Each participant will have their own rolling table and shelf, and many basic tools will be provided. Classes will be limited to 6 students, and material will be tailored specifically for their particular goals and interests. If you don’t have a sculptural idea you wish to pursue in the workshop, I would loosely recommend a focus on torso/arms/head rather than the full figure for the 5 day format. The small class size is really sweet, leaving so much room for us to get to know each other and for me to work directly with each participant throughout the workshop.

Please get in touch if you have any questions! susannah.zucker@gmail.com

April 11th-14th, 2019
Schedule: Thursday 2pm-8pm
Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm
Cost: $350 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)

The studio is located in the lovely Bee Tree valley, just east of Asheville NC.

This long weekend workshop will cover hand building techniques for creating hollow form sculpted heads.

We will begin on Thursday in the afternoon to get started right away working on projects, and then have dinner together here. Participants will have time to work on multiple head sculptures of different scales, with plenty of friendly guidance, anatomy lessons and demonstrations. We will address cranial bones, proportions of the head, basic musculature, facial features and integration of the head and neck. It will be an action packed weekend of adventure in art making!

Each participant will have their own rolling table and shelf, and many basic tools will be provided. Classes will be limited to 6 students. The small class size is really sweet, leaving so much room for us to get to know each other and for me to work directly with each participant throughout the workshop.

Feel free to get in touch with any questions! susannah.zucker@gmail.com

April 27th and 28th, 2019
Cost: $200 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)
Schedule: 10am-5pm

The studio is located in the lovely Bee Tree valley, just east of Asheville NC.
This weekend workshop will focus on sculpting the hands and feet with anatomical accuracy. We will begin with the bones and work outward to define tendons, muscles and skin from observation of anatomy texts and everyone’s favorite model, who is always there for you: your own hands and feet!

May 27th-June 7th, 2019*
Cost $1,000.00 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)

Questions & Registration

This intensive workshop will cover hand-building techniques for creating figurative sculptural works that bring the body to life! Participants will work on sculpting the full figure at about half life size, using photographs and anatomical reference material to bring increased accuracy to the sculptures. We will study the skeletal structures and explore ways to communicate weight and volume through the soft tissues. I teach anatomy differently than most, drawing from my bodywork and dance training, I share my love of the body with you. We will talk a lot about the bones and how they shift through the tissues in movement, how to see their landmarks change and sense them thickening up at joint lines.

You will be guided through each part of the body with anatomy lessons and demonstrations including all my best tips and tricks for how to handle trouble spots like gorilla shoulders and noodle arms. Trouble-spot requests welcome!! I will be pre-selecting the pose for this workshop so that we can all progress at a similar pace. If you feel strongly about wanting to pursue an idea of your own design, that’s really great, but please consider selecting a five day workshop which has a more fluid and open design. Thanks!

This workshop will also include several image presentations/discussions on figure sculptors in the field who demonstrate expertise in different aspects of the spectrum between stylization and naturalism. Even though I teach to the naturalism skill set, I adore highly stylized figure sculpture and want to keep an open dialogue about the subject throughout the workshop.

Each participant will have their own rolling table and shelf, and many basic tools will be provided. The workshop will be limited to 6 students…the small class size is really sweet, leaving so much room for us to get to know each other and for me to work directly with each participant throughout the workshop.

*June 1st and 2nd are rest days: The entire weekend of June 1st and 2nd to be slated as time off from the studio. You can use that time to rest, recharge and enjoy the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. The 10 day schedule is grueling, but well worth the sweat and tears! I believe that the 2 day break is essential, we must give the brain and the eyes time to re-boot in order to accomplish our goals.

October 1st-5th, 2018
Schedule: Monday 2pm-9pm
Tuesday-Friday 10am-5pm
Cost: $500 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)
Location: The studio is located in the lovely Bee Tree valley, just east of Asheville NC.

***Special request for early registration & planning***
October is our big tourist season for fall color enthusiasts, and housing gets booked up way in advance. I think you will want to book your housing in the next few weeks. I did check the Air BnB’s in my neighborhood today and there are still many places to stay available for these dates.

The workshop will begin on Monday in the afternoon to get started right away working on projects, and then we will have dinner together with an image presentation and discussion. The workshop will end on Friday afternoon, but the studio will be open for a few days following the workshop if you want to stay and finish up your sculpture without instruction. Each participant will have their own rolling table and shelf, and many basic tools will be provided. Classes will be limited to 6 students, and material will be tailored specifically for their particular goals and interests. If you don’t have a sculptural idea you wish to pursue in the workshop, I would loosely recommend a focus on torso/arms/head rather than the full figure for the 5 day format. The small class size is really sweet, leaving so much room for us to get to know each other and for me to work directly with each participant throughout the workshop.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch! susannah.zucker@gmail.com

September 1st and 2nd, 2018
Schedule: 10am-5pm each day
Cost: $200 (includes firing, but not clay or shipping costs)
Location: The studio is located in the lovely Bee Tree valley, just east of Asheville NC.

This weekend workshop will focus on sculpting the hands and feet with anatomical accuracy. We will begin with the bones and work outward to define tendons, muscles and skin from observation of anatomy texts and everyone’s favorite model, who is always there for you: your own hands and feet!

If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch! susannah.zucker@gmail.com

If you can’t make the fall workshop, check out the Spring 2019 Hands and Feet Workshop!