Building Depth: Slip, Inlay & Resist Techniques with Dawn Candy

Ready for richer pottery surfaces?

In this demonstration-packed workshop, Dawn Candy will show you how to build dimensional, tactile surfaces through strategic layering of slip, underglaze, and resist techniques.

Dawn will demonstrate slip and underglaze trailing, inlay methods, brushwork applications, and wax resist techniques—showing you how these methods work together to create surfaces with real depth and dimension. You'll see how materials you likely already have in your studio can be pushed further when thoughtfully layered together.

This workshop focuses on the versatility of these techniques and how they can be adapted to enhance your own work, regardless of your style or aesthetic. Whether you're drawn to bold, graphic surfaces or subtle, nuanced decoration, these methods offer endless possibilities.

This workshop is perfect for makers who:

• Want to add dimension and tactile interest to the surfaces of their pots
• Are curious about slip trailing, inlay, and resist techniques
• Love rich, complex surfaces that reveal more with each look
• Want to expand their decorating toolkit with versatile techniques

You'll leave with:

• Confidence to experiment with slip trailing and inlay techniques
• Understanding of how wax resist builds complexity through layering
• Practical strategies for combining techniques to create dimensional surfaces
• Fresh ideas for incorporating these methods into your existing aesthetic

Ready to level up your decorating game? Join this workshop and learn how to create surfaces that beg to be touched and examined. 

About Dawn Candy

Dawn Candy is a visual artist and educator based in Red Deer, Alberta, where she makes her pottery and teaches community art classes. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Lethbridge, where she studied analytic philosophy and religious studies, and her diploma in Visual Art from Red Deer College. Dawn brings a thoughtful approach to her work, creating surfaces that capture movement and depth through layered decoration. Inspired by folklore, ritual and superstition, her pottery explores how we perceive and interpret the natural world through that storytelling lens. Through her teaching, Dawn shares how slip, underglaze, and resist techniques can transform surfaces from flat decoration into dimensional, tactile experiences.