The Power of Clay: Ritual, Healing, and Connection in Grief

The Power of Clay: Ritual, Healing, and Connection in Grief 

Participants in this workshop will make a handbuild object (vessel, box, dish) that explores a current grief that you are wrestling with, honors a loved one who has died, or creates an object that can contain the hope of a transformed and healed life after the gift of a loved one’s death. The clay and materials needed for this class will be provided. All experience levels welcome. 

This is a two hour workshop 1-3pm

$75.00

Rhona Polonsky 

Over half of my life was spent in Asia and Africa as a teacher and librarian in international schools and, as an educator who sat through many staff meetings, I learned to doodle. Patterns emerged, as well as a certain visual sensation and my creative doodles eventually became more sophisticated. As my ceramic interests expanded, I sought to transfer my doodling to ceramics. I discovered sgrafitto, which in Italian, means scratch. My sgraffito vessels are decorated by scratching through the underglaze, exposing the underlying clay body. The pieces are lively and offbeat and should evoke amusement, and playfulness. In addition to her work as an artist, Rhona is a volunteer at CCLD caring for our residents. You can find Rhona at the following: www.rhonapottery.com, www.riverartsdistrict.com/artist/rhona-polonsky, rhonapolonsky@gmail.com, Instagram - @rpolonsky, Text - 828 231 1365