Coil/Pinch: Altering the Handbuilt Vessel

This seven-week workshop will introduce students to the coil/pinch hand-building method for creating altered vessels, starting with simple forms, such as the cup or bowl. Students will have the opportunity to explore larger forms. Mary will teach how to hand-roll and attach coils to build volume and visual intrigue. We will use individual coils for decorative as well as structural elements, incorporating thick and thin coils, weaving, and basketry as possible elements.

*Beginner to advanced.

Mary Roberts is a ceramic artist currently based in Dublin, NH. Her work explores imagined

domestic space, building tableau and installations of colorfully animated household and

everyday objects to create narrative and spark curiosity. She currently holds a position as a

Lecturer at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. She received a Master of Fine Arts in

Ceramics in 2023 from Indiana University Bloomington, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in

Ceramics from NYSCC at Alfred University in 2009. She was an artist-in-residence at

Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Skaelskor, Denmark in 2012, and an

artist-in-residence at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York in 2017. Mary has

exhibited her work in various solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Denmark.