Nicaraguan potters Enmanuel Maldonado and his wife Lisseth Chavaria return to St. Petersburg Clay Company this weekend for another one of their four-day workshops, which focus on how to build and use a rapid-fire wood kiln as well as kiln design techniques like slip-glazing, burnishing and sgraffito. The highlight is a Friday evening reception, at which the duo shows off some of their own exquisite earthenware pottery. Sept. 4-7, with the reception held from 7 to 9 p.m. Fri., Sept. 5, 420 22nd St. S., St. Petersburg, free admission, 727-896-2529, stpeteclay.com.
This article appears in Sep 3-9, 2008.