Mary Gosden Studio

Seminars for Porcelain Painters

I offer a variety of 3 and 4 day seminars to china painters. My fee is $250.00 per day, plus travel expenses. Class size is 10 students. I will take up to 12 students, but charge $25. per extra student over 10.  If you can house me in a smoke-free home, that is the accommodation I prefer. If not, hotel accommodation will be furnished by the group that hires me.

 To save costs re: travel, please check my " Events" page to see when and where I will be around the USA.

Subjects:

Art Deco Style: Architecture, landscapes, street scenes, dragonflies, Egyptian motifs

Art Nouveau: Mucha-inspired designs, floral with different materials for textural interest, (such as faux etch or incising) and ladies or fairies

Techniques:

I love to use different materials for texture, for example: structure paste to build up  the surface or incising flux for chipping off the glaze. I also do my own sandblasting of the porcelain, to achieve bisque areas within the design. Sand blasted pieces must be paid for before the seminar occurs and the group would pay for shipping of those pieces to the class. Other techniques include metallic paints, matte paints and penwork that are integral aspects of most seminar pieces that I teach.