Join Historic Yellow Springs in a creative workshop where learners, ages 5-13, can make their own postcard. Joined by a parent or guardian, participants will be ink-pressing plants and foliage onto paper, to make a beautiful and unique composition. Alongside all materials being provided, there will also be a short lesson on the history of Yellow Spring's postcards, and a quick instructor lead walk to our own on site garden. This is a Take-One-Leave-One workshop; After making as many postcards as you want- send one to a friend, and share some with Historic Yellow Springs!

In this workshop, Taylor will demonstrate how she layers surface decoration techniques at the leather soft, leather hard, and bone dry stages to create colorful, tactile porcelain pottery. Slip trailing, refining by carving, and underglaze painting with paper resists will be covered. Strategies for choosing color palettes, fixing or incorporating mistakes, and composing a compelling surface will be discussed. These techniques can also be applied to stoneware.

Taylor Sijan is a full-time studio artist from Catawba Island, Ohio. She earned a BFA in 3-D Arts from Bowling Green State University (2016), completed two years of post-baccalaureate study in ceramics at Wichita State University (2016-2018), and obtained an MFA with ceramics emphasis from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2021). She has taught workshops at institutions including Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft, Peters Valley School of Craft, Gasworks NYC, The Hudgens Center for Art and Learning, Touchstone Center for Crafts, Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts, and Wooten Clayworks.