Saggar Firing Raku Ceramics in Central Texas | Robin Gary Clay Artist
Our next meeting for Wilco Potter’s Club will be on Saturday, July 19th at 6pm with ceramic artist Robin Gary! Robin is a Central Texas clay artist specializing in saggar firing and raku ceramics. Based in Austin and Bastrop, she teaches sculpture and alternative firing methods.
We will be meeting at Round Rock Community Clay, located at 900 Round Rock Ave, Suite 310, Round Rock, TX. Map here:
https://www.roundrockcommunityclay.com/about
Robin Gary will show her techniques for creating pieces and show the techniques she uses to decorate and saggar fire works in a raku kiln. She’ll include a demo on applying and burnishing terra sigillata, applying salts, using combustibles and creating saggars from foil and garden terra cotta pots.
At the end of the meeting we will discuss/plan a Fall or Winter sale for the members. Open meeting for our “northern” potters and studios that live and work in and around Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Hutto, Taylor and Leander areas.
Bio
Robin Gary is a clay artist and sculptor in Central Texas teaching and creating out of The Contemporary at Laguna Gloria in central Austin, Fireseed Clay Art Studios in South Austin and her home studio in Bastrop. She is known for her humorous sheep and animal sculptures, often colorful and raku fired. In the last year and a half in her studio, she has been experimenting with alternative firing techniques focusing on raku ceramics and saggar firing in her propane raku kiln.
Artist Statement
I create colorful, rustic functional ware and mixed-media sculpture. Clay, glass, neon, and found objects provide a never-ending toy box of creative fun for my sculptures. New techniques are inspiring for me and the daily choices I make in my studio are to produce a piece out of feeling or out of fun; out of knowledge or out of experiment; out of self or out of someone else’s self; and on it continues. Combining years of experience and artistic pursuit, I seek to draw the viewer into thought, to feel uncomfortable tensions, to question the basis of happier moments, and to weigh mysterious beliefs. And, of course, I always want the viewer to WANT to touch.
Learn more about Robin’s raku ceramics classes in Central Texas.
Robin Gary Links:
Pottery Website:
https://creativekilnworks.com/
IG:
https://www.instagram.com/creative_kilnworks/
FB:
https://www.facebook.com/robinsky.geeksky
Wilco Potter’s Club is an informal network of ceramic studios and ceramic artists working in the Williamson county who are committed to sharing a passion for clay. Join for free today here!
We will discuss the basics about Wilco Pottery Club and gather some information and ideas about how to utilize this group for our “northern” potters and studios that live and work in and around Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Hutto, Taylor and Leander areas.
Also check out other Arts events in Round Rock, Meetups in Round Rock, Workshops in Round Rock.
