Texture and Form: A Workshop with Donté K. Hayes

In this engaging handbuilding session, Donté invites open conversation about clay as a medium that holds memory and challenges our perceptions of form and texture. The demonstration will explore the intentionality of mark-making, the use of clay as a self-sufficient surface, and the seamless integration of form and texture. Using his hands, eyes, and mind as tools, Donté will construct a large, complex form—working quickly and intuitively, without armatures or interior supports. You can read more about his show Cosmic Artifacts in the Jane Hartsook gallery here.