Registration Requirements: Preregistration required. 

Recommended Audience: This program is designed for adults and interested youth ages 7 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult.

Program Description: Handmade is heARTfelt! Great for families, enjoy creating with your out-of-town, holiday guests. Make a special gift or keepsake!

Meet local ceramic artist Bonnie Mitchell and get a chance to work with her while learning how to carve your own tile. During this special hands-on workshop, you’ll have 45 minutes to work with Bonnie to create your own keepsake tile using your design and a technique known as sgraffito. Participants will be notified when their creations are ready for pickup. 

About the Program Leader: This hands-on workshop will be led by Bonnie Mitchell a local, professional artist who creates one-of-a-kind artworks in her Milford studio. She creates beautifully striking, black and white sgraffito pottery that can be used for everyday purposes or just to add personal imagery to your home or office. 

What to Expect: This workshop will focus on the sgraffito technique used by area nineteenth century potters to make expressive designs in their folk-art pottery. Sgraffito means to “scratch” and workshop participants will draw a design of their choosing into a damp clay slab, and then carve out layers of the clay to make their image more purposeful. You can choose traditional black and white designs or create your own design for a special gift. After the workshop concludes, Bonnie Mitchell will add the final glaze and kiln-fire your tile. Finished tiles will be returned to the Cincinnati Nature Center Nature Shop at a later date. Participants will be notified by email when tiles are available to pick up, just in time to show off or give to a special person during the holidays.

• All materials will be provided.
• Workshop starts on the hour. Arrive in the auditorium a few minutes before your scheduled time.
• You may bring a few ideas or images you would like to work from to create your black and white, 4”x4” ceramic tile.
• You will be carving into damp clay, so dress in comfortable clothing that can easily be washed. Smocks will be provided.
  

Where to Meet: Program participants meet in the auditorium of our Visitor Center at our Rowe Woods location (4949 Tealtown Rd., Milford, OH 45150). 

Cost: Ticket fees include daily admission. 

Check your email for registration information regarding this transaction. SAVE A TREE, please retain your order number or save an electronic copy of the email acknowledgement as a receipt. You may be asked for your order number from your transaction to gain entry at the gate/to attend your program. Visitor Services associates can also verify your etickets from the order number or by name.

Please note that our program and cancellation policies vary. By completing registration for this program, you agree to the following general program policies.