In this community workshop, participants will explore the possibilities of sgraffito and underglazing techniques. Giving personal stories, memories, and anecdotes a permanent place in clay. Working on pre-thrown greenware ceramic forms, you'll learn how to transform the surface of clay into a narrative canvas—scratching, layering, and painting to reveal imagery that reflects your lived experience. This workshop is open to all experience levels. Materials will be provided, but stories will come from you all. Feel free to bring family photos, mementos, plant clippings, etc. to incorporate into your vessel.
Dominique Maru is a movement artist, photographer, poet, and potter born and based in metro Atlanta. Approximated at the crossroads of the Southern, Caribbean, and migratory diasporic Black culture, Dominique uses their art to preserve their living memory through movement, photography, and clay. With a B.A. in Communications from the University of Southern California, their work explores the conversation between nature and the diasporic memory held within the body and home place.
ELLIGIBILTY: Your primary address must be in Rabun County in order to attend this workshop for free but you can attend for a small fee if you are not a resident. Upon arriving, you will be asked to show ID with your address.
Space is limited to 8 participants.
Each participant must register separately.
Open to local creatives over the age of 12. Minors must be accompanied by a participating adult. Minors will not be asked for ID; only adults.
This workshop is offered for free only to members of our Rabun County community. If you don’t live in Rabun County but would like to attend a community workshop, email the Hambidge Office at
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Our free Community Workshops are supported in part by the Lake Rabun Foundation.
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