A two-day demo pottery workshop will take place at McHenry County College on Oct. 8 and 9 in the college’s conference center, 8900 U.S. Hwy. 14, Crystal Lake. The event is co-sponsored by McHenry County College and the Clayworkers’ Guild of Illinois and Great Lakes Clay and Supply.
The pottery workshop will feature Simon Leach, a professional potter who conducts workshops from his farmhouse in Spain and teaches through the internet, including instructional demos on YouTube. Leach grew up in Cornwall, England, surrounded by a family of famed potters—his father, David Leach and grandfather, Bernard Leach, as well as Japanese and Korean art—and continues the family tradition in his own unique way.
Since moving to Spain in 1990, Leach is keenly aware of a sense of place, a connection to the landscape, colors, textures, and quality of light. He lives in a rural community with people that are largely self-reliant and connected to the land. Leach uses local materials where he can find them dug up from a hillside or scraped from the sea bed.
The workshop will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8 and Saturday, Oct. 9 in the MCC Conference Center. The registration fee for both days is $125 and $115 for MCC students and Clayworkers’ Guild members. The fee for one day only is $70 and $65 for MCC students and Clayworkers’ Guild members. The fee includes lunch. An additional $25 fee will be added for registering at the door.
To register with a credit card, call the MCC Registration office at (815) 455-8588 or register online at www.clayworkersguild.com. For more information, email mccconferencecenter@mchenry.edu or call Amy Carzoli at (815) 455-8764 or Kristine Emrich at (815) 479-7570.
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