Join ceramicist Laura Link for a clay workshop about ocean life! for students grades 6-12

Students will create a relief sculpture or decorated vessel using clay. We will be talking about ocean life, seashells and fossils that can be found while visiting the bleach. Students will learn about creating relief sculptures as well as simple handbuilding techniques. Students will have the option to carve into clay instead of building onto it. Demonstration will include explanation of tools, slab construction, slipping and scoring, and coil forming and building. Students will have a basic understanding of vertebrates and the basic physical makeup of ocean life. They will also discuss echinoderms which are commonly known as starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and sand dollars.

For students grades 6-12

At the Gordonsville Library Branch of the Orange County Public Library