Celestial Geometry Hanging Mobile Workshop
"Discover the beauty
where earth & sky meet
where art & mathematics
dance together"
Description:
In this full-day workshop with multimedia artist, Annie Patel, we’ll explore how the timeless, universal principles of sacred geometry and proportion have influenced ceramic design throughout history — and how you can bring these ideas into your own creative practice! Clay, drawn from the earth, becomes our medium for connecting to the heavens. Along the way, we’ll touch on how astronomy and astrology intertwine, revealing the patterns that connect planets, stars, and our own creative lives.
Info:
Instructor: Annie Patel
When: Sunday Oct 5, 10:00am – 3:00pm (5 hours & scheduled lunch break)
Cost: $150 (non-members) & $95 (members)
What’s included: Instruction, clay, underglaze, tools, and firing (handled by the studio). Lunch is not included, please bring your own 🙂
Where: San Gregorio, location to be provided once class is purchased.
*This workshop does not include firing, please be ready to bring your pieces back to your studio for firing and assembly.*
About The Workshop
The day begins with a 1.5-hour illustrated lecture and discussion on geometry, color, music, and their deep connections to pottery and the cosmos at large. Then, guided step-by-step, you’ll design and create the individual clay pieces for a celestial hanging mobile, drawing inspiration from the sun, moon, planets, and zodiac.
Personalized Element: When you register, you’ll be asked to share your birth data (date, time, and place). Each mobile’s components — the sun, moon, and ascendant — will be tailored with your zodiac symbols and cosmic influences, making your piece completely unique to you. You may be surprised to learn what your “sign” really is!
No prior clay experience needed — just curiosity and a willingness to play with form, balance, and symbolism.
Come ready to play, learn, and create a work of art that reflects both your hands and your cosmic story — ready to become your own celestial mobile.
Workshop with Visiting Artist Casey Beck
Immerse Yourself in a Four Day Workshop!
We are so pleased to announce that ceramicist Casey Beck will be joining us for a four day soda firing workshop at our Atmospheric Oribe Firing Center in San Gregorio from October 23rd-26th!
In this immersive workshop, participants will have the opportunity to bring their cone 10 bisqueware to San Gregorio where Casey will walk everyone through his unique soda firing process. During the session, participants will learn about slip and glaze applications, the intricacies of soda firing, as well as on-the-wheel demonstrations by the artist. On our final workshop day, we will celebrate with a BBQ onsite. We hope you can join us!
INFO
Dates: October 23rd-26th
Times: 9am-3pm (with the potential to go a bit longer each day & and 1 hour lunch break)
Costs: Full Workshop: $500
Demo Day ONLY: $100
SCHEDULE
Day 1: Slipping, lining, wadding, and discussing placement in the kiln. Pieces will be loaded into the kiln and we will begin candling and firing in the afternoon and evening.
Day 2: Firing the kiln, adding soda and beginning a slow cooling.
Day 3: Demo Day. Casey will demonstrate a variety of forms, ranging from pitchers, to stemware, plates, and cups. He will discuss how to throw various forms, manipulate them on the wheel and add hand built elements.
Day 4: Kiln unloading, debriefing, discussions, and cleaning.
We offer the opportunity to join us for all four days of the workshop with the demonstration day included OR you can participate in the Demo Day only. Please note that if you sign up for the Demo Day, you will only be joining us on October 25th. We look fowrad to seeing you!
* The FULL workshop includes 1 cubic foot of space in the kiln. Please remember to bring cone 10 bisqued pieces for the workshop.
Please reach out if you are interested in camping accommodations.