Wonderful Deformation

Join San Diego Ceramics Artist Ellen Fager for a 2-hour wheel-throwing and clay manipulation demonstration. Watch how Ellen turns a vessel into sculpture. 

Ellen will be presenting: On the pottery wheel, an example of her technique - throwing without a floor, getting the most out of that ball of clay.

On the bench, paddling for general contour and for planes and edges - different stages of leather-hard clay for different form alteration. Directional paddling, spines and bumps, attaching a floor and refining the surface.

A wide array of tips, techniques and special tools will be presented.

Symmetry versus asymmetry, dynamism and repose. Find that perfect balance.

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About Ellen Fager:
Ellen has been a well-known ceramic artist in San Diego for many years. She and her late husband, Ed Thompson, were extensively involved at the UCSD Crafts Center. Ellen is a member of the Allied Craftsmen of San Diego, the San Diego Potters' Guild and the Five Potters Group. Her work is one-of-a-kind and functional and is mostly wheel-thrown - almost always paddled, pounded, cut and pasted, altered and combined. A selection of her and other colleagues work is currently on display (through April 28) at the Balboa Park Japanese Friendship Garden. Ellen's visit to Lux is highly - and happily - anticipated.