Sculpting the Portrait: Ceramic Techniques (In-Person Class)

Sculpting the Portrait: Ceramic Techniques: In-Person

Korbyn Carleton | Spring I | Saturdays: Jan 10 - Feb 21

Class Description:

An in-depth exploration of portrait sculpting from live observation, focusing on ceramic hand-building techniques.

Students will engage in critical analysis of form and spatial relationships as they develop their work. The course will begin with short poses and gesture studies in clay, followed by an extended pose project that will continue for the remainder of the session. Students are encouraged to refine their work through the firing process in the kiln at the conclusion of the course.

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Spring I Session Dates:

Scheduled occurrences for the next semester of this class are as follows:

Week	Date	Time
Week 1:	1/10/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 2:	1/24/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 3:	1/31/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 4:	2/07/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 5:	2/14/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET
Week 6:	2/21/2026	10 am - 1 pm ET

Before Class - Welcome & How to Prepare for Class
Week 1 - Short poses, gesture sketches in clay
Week 2 - Begin the long pose, block-in day 1
Week 3 - Continuing the portrait, organizing the gesture
Week 4- Refining observations, “drawing” in space
Week 5 - Nearing the end, focusing on minute forms
Week 6 - Bringing it all together

$410.00
In-Person
6 Weeks
Beginner to Advanced

Meet Your Instructor

Korbyn Carleton

Instructor

Korbyn Carleton is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores our disconnect from nature and how it affects us psychologically and physically. She first developed a passion for sculpture as a special effects makeup artist, fabricating custom prosthetics for film and TV. This led her to pursue an education in figurative art. She received her MFA at the top of her class from The New York Academy of Art with a concentration in Sculpture and completion of the Anatomy Track.