Moving the Clay towards Healing the Heart : A Grief and Healing workshop

Grief and loss are universal and each of us has a unique journey through this emotional landscape. Art making of any kind can be very helpful in healing from loss. Clay in particular can be a powerful medium, as the experience of working with it can be transformative, both figuratively and literally. As one moves the clay they are also moving with the grief, transforming it slowly, creating an object of representation that has meaning. You will have the opportunity to do this with other people in the workshop who are on their own grief journey, taught by Emily Newmann.

This workshop is for people who have worked with clay and those who have never touched it. Using handbuilding techniques and underglaze colors, we will each create a decorated tile that will honor your loved one. We may start with exercises to develop our ideas for imagery for our tiles,…