Murcia presented the two-day Simplified Figure workshop at the studio of Picton potter Sara Scott. During this workshop, Murcia taught students to break down the body into simple geometrical parts. This makes it easy to understand the volume of the different parts and the core structure of the figure, he said. Students learn proportions and anatomy just deep enough to read through the surface of the skin and get an understanding of the human figure. “What I do is difficult to find, not only in New Zealand, but in the world. You have to go to Paris, or Italy or Barcelona to find this kind of thing,” said Murcia.